Personal Assistant Recipes research · No. 11

told my ai to make itself useful while i sleep: deep research on a few topics, ready as a podcast when i wake up at 6

From a conversation with my assistant, 2 September 2026

Recipe No. 11

Give Your Assistant a Night Shift, Collect the Results at 6 AM

Serves Curious people with more questions than evenings

Hand the assistant several open research questions at bedtime and have it work through them overnight, with the results waiting as a short podcast and written notes by 6 AM.

You will need

Method

  1. At night, dump the questions you keep meaning to look into, and say what decision each one feeds.

  2. Ask for trade-offs, not just facts: options, costs, and what would change your mind.

  3. Set a hard deadline (6 AM) and a format: a short audio episode plus written notes with sources.

  4. In the morning, park what is not ready yet and promote anything worth a second, deeper pass.

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