These are personal AI-automation builds, not client work, not a product, just workflows I got tired of doing by hand and decided to automate. All three run on Google Apps Script plus the Gemini API's free tier, so the total cost to build and run them is $0. It's the same idea behind everything else on this site: point AI at a real, recurring task and let it carry the repetitive part, while I stay in the loop on anything that actually matters.
Receipt-to-Spreadsheet Pipeline
Whenever a receipt lands in my Gmail, Gemini reads the email and pulls out the vendor, date, amount, and category, then logs it as a new row in a Google Sheet automatically. No forwarding receipts to myself, no typing numbers into a spreadsheet after the fact. It also sends me a weekly spending summary email, so I get a running read on where the money's actually going without ever opening the sheet myself.
Scheduled Research Digests
Two separate digests run every morning, one for AI and Tech, one for Heart Health and Nutrition. Each pulls from a set of RSS feeds, and Gemini goes through what came in overnight, picks out the stories that are genuinely significant, and cuts anything that's a duplicate or a rehash of something I already saw. Then it emails me a clean summary, so I start the day with the signal instead of scrolling through a dozen feeds myself.
Inbox Triage Assistant
Gemini reads new unread mail in my Gmail and labels each one, Needs Reply, Urgent, Action Item, FYI, or Newsletter. For anything urgent, it drafts a reply, but it never sends anything on its own. I review every draft before it goes out. It's a triage layer, not an autopilot, it just means I'm not the one deciding what's worth my attention first.