Hello AI Enthusiast,

What if a 10-minute weekly check-in could help you spot burnout before it actually hits? Christopher Wilson, a participant in our AI Agent Bootcamp, built exactly that. His tool "Aligned" turns weekly self-reflection into something you can actually use.

You wake up exhausted. Hit Friday thinking what just happened this week?

Christopher kept seeing high-achievers grinding on autopilot, ignoring stress signals, promising themselves they'll deal with it next week. Next week looks the same.

Most productivity tools push you to do more. What people need is clarity about whether they're doing the right things.

Christopher joined our AI Agent Bootcamp wanting to help people realign without adding another thing to their plate. Working with coaches, he turned his idea into something that actually works. The flow is simple:

📝 User completes weekly survey → triggers automation (TALLY FORM)

🤖 AI analyzes responses and creates personalized action plan (OPENAI)

✉️ Action plan emailed to user (GMAIL)

Christopher picked 10 life areas that matter - health, relationships, work satisfaction, that kind of thing.

Users rate each area 1-10, then answer a few questions. What's draining you? What are you neglecting? What's one small step you could take?

Takes about 10 minutes. Short enough people actually do it.

Someone submits the survey, Make kicks in automatically. Christopher connected Tally as the trigger that watches for responses and starts everything.

The system reads your ratings and answers, then generates a plan for your specific situation. It spots which area needs attention most, explains why it matters this week, and gives you one next step. Not ten things to fix - just one clear action.

The action plan hits your inbox in clean format. No generic advice - it's based on exactly what you told the system.

Building Aligned taught Christopher a few things worth sharing:

Start with the problem, not the tech. Christopher didn't ask "what can AI do?" He asked "what do busy people actually need?" Big difference.

Simple wins. His original idea was way more ambitious. Coaches helped him focus on something that works. A 10-minute check-in beats a complicated system nobody uses.

Don't add complexity. The tool doesn't pile on another task. It creates clarity in 10 minutes and gives you one thing to do.

Test with real people. Christopher tried it with actual users and adjusted based on their feedback. His first version looked nothing like the final one.

Got a challenge you're sick of dealing with every week? Start there.

Christopher didn't begin with "I want to build an automation". He started with "I'm tired of watching people burn out". The tool came after.

So pick one thing that's consistently draining you or your team. Something that makes you think "there has to be a better way to handle this".

Then ask yourself: what would a weekly reality check look like for that specific problem? Not a generic productivity tracker. Something that actually surfaces the issue before it explodes.

That's your starting point. The automation part comes later.

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