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In this video, I'll show you how to build an AI assistant that you can trigger via email. This means you can send an email to a particular email address and it can reply. You also can have it automatically send emails to people, send welcome emails, send emails at certain times.

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GitHub URL: https://github.com/techwithtim/AIEmailAssistant

⏳ Timestamps ⏳
00:00:00 | Overview
00:00:28 | Finished Project Demo
00:02:03 | Setup/Install
00:10:20 | Postmark Setup
00:13:35 | Anthropic API Key
00:14:49 | Stubbing the App Structure
00:19:01 | Types & Database Setup
00:35:20 | Postmark SDK Setup
00:37:48 | Inbound Message Stream Webhook
00:48:37 | Ngrok Setup
00:52:42 | Replying to Emails (Postmark)
01:04:35 | UI Dashboard
01:18:56 | Sending Broadcasts 

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A step-by-step tutorial for building an AI-powered email assistant using Next.js, Postmark, Drizzle ORM with SQLite, and the Anthropic Claude API. The project handles inbound emails via a Postmark webhook, generates AI replies using Claude, tracks contacts in a local database, sends welcome emails via Postmark templates, and includes a dashboard for viewing contacts and email activity. The guide covers project setup, TypeScript types, database schema, environment variables, ngrok for local webhook testing, and broadcast email functionality.

Build AI Email Assistant in 90 Minutes