Side Project Daily Brief

The Side Project Daily Brief is a routine your Townie AI assistant runs every day for a project you can't watch yourself: it reads the project's analytics and code repo, then sends one decision-oriented brief on costs, user behavior, and performance trends. It also decides which signals deserve tracking, so cost spikes, drop-offs, and regressions surface early.

To: your Townie

Subject: Create me a Side Project Daily Brief routine

Build me a routine that gives a side project I can't babysit production-grade monitoring - and tells me the metrics worth watching that I didn't think to ask for.

Run it daily.

When it runs:
- Pull from the project's analytics and its code repo.
- Brief me on costs, user behavior, and performance trends.
- Surface feature and improvement ideas based on what the data is showing.
- Crucially, figure out what's worth tracking yourself - don't just report a dashboard I spec'd; tell me the signals I should be watching.

Industry specifics that matter:
- I'm running this on the side and can't sit on it, so the value is in you defining the metrics and catching trends early (cost spikes, drop-offs, regressions).
- Keep the brief sharp and decision-oriented, not a raw data dump.

Send me the daily briefing. It's read-and-report only, so it's safe to run on its own - it shouldn't change code or settings, just monitor and recommend.

Before you build this, tailor it to the integrations I actually use and what you already know about me. Don't take the above at face value - ask me the critical questions that make it stronger: which tools and integrations to use, what the output should look like, and how much autonomy you should have (what to do on your own vs. check with me first).

Sent when you sign up — works as-is, or edit anything.

Get started with this routine

Read-and-report only — it never changes code or settings.

See it work: the signal you didn't think to ask for

Monitor a side project you can't babysit

One message builds this — tune it any time.

How this routine works

Works with

It runs every day, without you
On a daily schedule, your Townie checks in on the project — no dashboard to open, no reminder to set.
It reads what the project is telling you
Analytics, repo activity, costs, and performance — and it decides which signals are worth tracking, rather than reporting only what you spec'd.
You get one sharp brief
Costs, user behavior, trends, and ranked improvement ideas in a short daily email. It monitors and recommends; it never touches code or settings.

Side Project Daily Brief FAQ

It's a routine your Townie AI assistant runs daily for a project you can't babysit: it reads the project's analytics and code repo, briefs you on costs, user behavior, and performance trends, and surfaces improvement ideas. Its real job is defining the metrics worth watching so cost spikes, drop-offs, and regressions get caught early.

No — this routine is read-and-report only. It monitors and recommends; it never commits code, changes configuration, or touches billing. Access is scoped to the accounts you connect. Read more in our security overview.

Your product analytics (like PostHog), your code repo (like GitHub), and your email for the brief. It can also check public pages and status endpoints on the web. Your assistant adapts to whatever the project actually runs on.

Yes — ask your assistant to add uptime checks, track a specific funnel, or move the brief to Sunday evenings, and it updates the routine from that one message. It will also propose new signals on its own as the data changes.