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Building an AI uni assistant — need advice
Hey everyone 👋
I’m currently building a personal AI system around my university workflow and wanted to get some opinions from people who’ve done similar things.
Right now, I’m setting up an Obsidian vault where I store all my uni-related data (assignments, files, notes, requirements, etc.). The goal is to later use something like Claude Cowork as a kind of “AI assistant” that can:
- handle assignments
- help with bigger projects
- support exam prep
Since I don’t have API/admin access to my university system (Moodle), I can’t automate data collection directly. So I’m focusing on building a good input pipeline instead.
My current idea is:
- use a Telegram bot as a quick input (send files, notes, voice, etc.)
- process everything through n8n (detect type, transcribe, etc.)
- then store it in Obsidian, where AI can later work with it
Main question:
Do you think it’s worth building this whole automation layer (Telegram + n8n + auto-classification),
or would you keep it simpler and just upload things manually and let something like Claude Cowork handle organizing + structuring the data?
Second question:
Has anyone found practical ways to work around restricted Moodle APIs?
In my case:
- API access requires admin permissions
- so I can’t use HTTP requests to fetch assignments or course data
Are there any realistic alternatives here?
(e.g. plugins, integrations, scraping approaches, etc. — nothing shady, just curious what’s possible)
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Building an AI uni assistant — need advice
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