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AI Micro-Internship · ~240 min · builder

Build a robot that works while you sleep (GitHub Actions)

The best engineers automate themselves out of chores. Build a scheduled GitHub Actions workflow that does something useful every day without you — fetch and commit a data snapshot, open a reminder issue, update a README stat — and show at least 3 real scheduled runs.

Steps

  1. 01Pick a daily job: snapshot your city’s AQI/weather/prices into the repo, auto-generate a daily study checklist issue, update a "days until exam" badge.
  2. 02Write the workflow: a cron-scheduled GitHub Action running your script (AI-assisted). Get it running on demand first, then on schedule.
  3. 03Let it run for 3+ days. Scheduled runs WILL surprise you (timezone confusion is UTC’s favourite prank) — log what happened.
  4. 04Document in the README: what it does, when it runs, and the run history.

Tools: GitHub (Actions free tier), An AI coding assistant

Your submission

Submit the repo, a screenshot of the Actions history showing 3+ scheduled (not manual) runs, and your explanation + surprises log.