last30days

app-ideas-30-days-extension

Automated app-idea pipeline. Runs every 4 hours on GitHub Actions, mines Reddit / HN / X / YouTube / TikTok / GitHub / web for "I wish there was an app for X" signals over a rolling 30-day window, synthesizes the result with Claude Code, and opens a daily PR in your private ideas repo.

This repo is a refactor of mvanhorn/last30days-skill — the multi-source research engine — turned into a Claude-Code-only, GitHub-Actions-driven idea factory. You don't run it interactively. You let it run; it builds the briefs.

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What you get

A new draft PR in abhishekdubey331/App-Ideas (or wherever you point it) at 23:00 UTC every day, containing 3–7 ranked app ideas mined from real engagement signal, each one citing the source posts it came from.

Example shape of the daily brief:

# App ideas — 2026-05-04

Honest assessment: signal moderate today. PAIN+WILL-PAY combo on idea #1; rest are PAIN-only.

## 1. Async meeting prep tool for therapists
- Unmet need: solo therapists are stitching Calendly + Notion + a paper notebook to prep client sessions
- Proposed app: lightweight pre-session prep doc auto-pulled from prior session notes, $20/mo
- Evidence:
  - [r/therapists thread, 412 upvotes](https://reddit.com/...)
  - [solo dev complaining about same workflow on X](https://x.com/...)
- Existing competitors: SimplePractice, Jane App — but neither is workflow-first
- Score signal: PAIN + WILL-PAY

## 2. Self-hosted screenshot annotator
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## What to research next
Add `solo developer workflow tools` and `local-first writing apps` to topics.yml.

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How it works

topics.yml  ──►  batch.yml (every 4h)                ──►  data branch
   ▲             ├ 00 UTC: reddit + hackernews            ▲
   │             ├ 04 UTC: x + bluesky                    │ writes
   │             ├ 08 UTC: youtube                        │ JSON dumps
   │             ├ 12 UTC: tiktok + instagram             │ per seed
   │             ├ 16 UTC: github + polymarket            │
   │ you edit    └ 20 UTC: web + perplexity               │
   │                          ▲
   │                          │ deterministic seed rotation by (date, hour)
   │                          │
   │                                                                  ┌─► PR draft
   └────────────────────────────►  daily-brief.yml (23 UTC)            │   ideas/2026-05-04.md
                                   ├ aggregate 30d rolling pool       │
                                   ├ Claude Code synthesizes ideas.md │
                                   └ open cross-repo PR ──────────────┘   abhishekdubey331/App-Ideas

Why batches? Each 4-hour window restricts to one source group, which gives you per-batch token attribution in the Actions log and keeps any single source's rate limits from blocking the others. Why a rolling 30-day window? Yesterday's complaint is still today's idea. Pain doesn't expire on a daily reset.

Why Claude Code instead of a raw API call? The Max-plan OAuth token covers the synthesis cost — no separate Anthropic API billing.

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Setup (15 minutes)

1. Make this repo public

GitHub Actions are unmetered on public repos. The workflows hit the 2,000-min/month free tier within ~5 days on a private repo. Your private ideas repo (App-Ideas) stays private — only this engine repo needs to be public.

2. Create the ideas repo

Anywhere you like. Default expectation: <your-handle>/App-Ideas, private, with a main branch. The daily-brief workflow will push ideas/<YYYY-MM-DD>.md files there as draft PRs.

3. Generate two secrets

Run locally (you need Claude Code installed and signed in to your Pro/Max plan):

claude setup-token

Copy the token. In this repo's GitHub settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret:

• CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN ← paste the token from claude setup-token
• PAT_TOKEN ← a fine-grained PAT scoped only to your App-Ideas repo, with Contents: write and Pull requests: write

The Claude Code GitHub App must also be installed on this repo. If it isn't, run /install-github-app in a Claude Code session — it sets the app up and you can confirm it points at this repository.

4. (Optional) Add source keys

Each is independent — missing a key just skips that source group on its 4-hour slot.

Secret	Unlocks	Cost
SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY	TikTok + Instagram + Threads + Pinterest + YouTube/TikTok comments	10K free calls then PAYG
OPENROUTER_API_KEY	Perplexity Sonar web grounding	PAYG
BRAVE_API_KEY	Brave web search	2,000 free queries/month
XAI_API_KEY	X / Twitter via xAI	PAYG
AUTH_TOKEN + CT0	X / Twitter via your browser cookies	free
BSKY_HANDLE + BSKY_APP_PASSWORD	Bluesky	free (app password from bsky.app)