1.6 KiB
Meister-Eder
AI-powered conversational registration system for Spielgruppe Pumuckl, a playgroup run by Familienverein Fällanden (Fällanden, Switzerland).
Replaces a static Google Forms workflow with an AI agent that guides parents through child registration via natural conversation — over email or a web chat interface.
What it does
- Guides parents through registration one question at a time, adapting to their responses
- Answers questions about fees, schedule, and policies from a curated knowledge base
- Validates and stores completed registrations as structured data
- Notifies playgroup administrators on completion, routed by playgroup type
- Supports German and English; defaults to German
Channels
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| Web chat | Real-time, session-based |
| Async, thread-tracked; reminders on days 3, 10, 25 |
Status
Greenfield — specification complete, implementation not yet started.
Running the Email Agent
The email agent is a plain script invoked periodically via cron — no long-running daemon needed.
Scheduling with cron
*/5 * * * * flock -n /tmp/meister-eder-email.lock python /path/to/check_email.py
flock -n acquires an exclusive lock before running the script. If a previous run is still in progress when the next cron tick fires, the new invocation exits immediately (non-blocking). The lock is released automatically by the kernel when the process ends — even on crash — so stuck locks are not a concern.
Adjust */5 to whatever polling interval makes sense (e.g. */2 for every 2 minutes).