• Replace "⏭️ Issue #44 already sent today, skipping" check with "already sent at {last_modified_at}"

See Beeminder's blog post on rolodex goals for more context!

This val helps you automate that.

• Tracks issues or pull‑requests updated in a chosen GitHub repository since the last run.

• Sends a datapoint to a Beeminder goal.

• Runs on a Val Town schedule---no servers, no cron on your laptop.

It relies on two helper vals:

Val	Purpose
github-api	Wrapper around GitHub's REST API with a helper for updated issues.
beeminder-client	Lightweight Beeminder v1 API client for goal and datapoint operations.

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1. A Val Town account with Cron permissions.

2. GitHub Personal Access Token (repo:read scope).

3. GitHub Repository Owner and Repository Name (as separate environment variables).

4. Beeminder API Token (under Account → Settings on beeminder.com).

5. An existing Beeminder goal to receive datapoints.

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1. Copy this val into your own namespace (press Copy in Val Town).

2. Configure

Set environment variables:

Key	Example value
GITHUB_TOKEN	ghp_xxx

Configure val (see config.ts or use environment variables):

Key	Example value
GITHUB_REPO_OWNER	octo-org
GITHUB_REPO_NAME	monorepo
BEEMINDER_USERNAME	alice
BEEMINDER_TOKEN	abcd1234efgh
BEEMINDER_GOAL	issues

You can either set these as environment variables, or manage them in config.ts.

3. Schedule it: Schedule a val.town CRON trigger.

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1. Calls github-api to fetch issues/PRs updated since the last run (it handles tracking the last execution time internally).
2. For each updated issue/PR, crafts a summary comment and sends a +1 datapoint to your Beeminder goal, with the correct (seconds) timestamp.