SlothPlan: a local AI that tells you how long you can rest before the deadline
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady What I Built It's evening, something is due later tonight or tomorrow, and I'm bored and don't want to start. I also have no idea whether I can safely rest for an hour or whether I'm already secretly late. So I either start too early and burn out, or rest and then panic. SlothPlan 🦥 answers one question:…
SlothPlan is an AI tool designed to help users determine how much rest they can take before a task is due. When given a task and a deadline, SlothPlan breaks the task into steps and estimates the time for each step. Users then input their current energy level, from 1 to 5, which influences the length of work blocks and breaks. The tool provides a point of no return, indicating the maximum amount of guilt-free rest time before the deadline.
If there's no room for rest, SlothPlan will inform the user directly. The tool is useful for situations when rest is needed or when there's an emergency that limits available time. SlothPlan also tracks progress as tasks are completed and allows users to log actual times spent on tasks to improve future estimates. The tool is built using Python, Streamlit, and the local LLM Ollama, running on a MacBook Air with 16 GB of RAM.
The main design decision was to have the LLM not handle time calculations, instead focusing on breaking tasks into steps. Users can adjust the estimated time for each step based on their own experience, and the tool provides a schedule that ensures all steps are completed before the deadline.
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