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Forward-to-File Knowledge Inbox

Forward links and notes to a bot and they get filed, summarised and searchable.

Intermediate12h1–2 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Forward-to-File Knowledge Inbox for people who save links in chats to themselves in ~12h with 1–2 people. Stack: Telegram Bot API + LLM + Postgres.

Why it wins: Meets users in the app they already use.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Saving things by messaging yourself creates an unsearchable pile.
02 · Solution
A chat bot receives links, notes and images, summarises and tags them and offers a searchable web view and weekly resurfacing.
03 · Build
  1. 1Build the bot
  2. 2Fetch and summarise links
  3. 3Store with tags
  4. 4Add search view
04 · Demo
Forward three links and search one by topic.

MVP checklist

  • Bot inbox
  • Auto tags
  • Search
  • Weekly resurfacing

Tech stack

TechRole
Telegram Bot APIExternal data
LLMLanguage model
PostgresRelational database

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