Mapminder
Val Town is a collaborative website to build and scale JavaScript apps.
Deploy APIs, crons, & store data – all from the browser, and deployed in milliseconds.
This Val Town app sends a daily email with curated insights on:
- Tech News
- Startup Business Ideas
- Tech Innovation Ideas
- Marketing Strategies
- Investment Opportunities
- Business Ownership Guidelines
- Tech Tutorials
- Men's Fashion Ideas
- The app runs daily via a cron trigger
- It uses OpenAI to generate fresh, relevant content for each category
- The content is formatted into a clean, readable email
- The email is automatically sent to the Val Town account owner
The app is set to run daily. You can adjust the schedule in the Val Town web UI:
- Go to the Val Town dashboard
- Find this val (daily-insights-email)
- Click on the "Cron" tab
- Modify the schedule as needed (e.g., "0 8 * * *" for daily at 8 AM)
To modify the content categories or amount of content generated:
- Edit the
CONTENT_CATEGORIES
array to add/remove topics - Adjust
ITEMS_PER_CATEGORY
to change how many items are generated per topic
This app uses:
- OpenAI API (via Val Town's standard library)
- Email functionality (via Val Town's standard library)
No additional setup is required as these are provided by Val Town.
If emails are not being received:
- Check the Val Town logs for any errors
- Verify that the OpenAI API is functioning correctly
- Ensure your email settings in Val Town are configured properly
Potential improvements:
- Add personalization options
- Include relevant links to articles
- Add image generation for visual content
- Create a preference system to focus on specific topics
- Expand fashion categories to include women's fashion
- Add seasonal content based on time of year