{"id":200,"date":"2026-05-13T14:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/project\/deals-bot\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:58:46","slug":"deals-bot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/project\/deals-bot\/","title":{"rendered":"Deals Bot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Privacy note.<\/strong>Privacy-notitie.<\/strong> This write-up explains the architecture and purpose without publishing credentials, private routes that should stay private, personal data, or operational secrets.<\/span>Deze beschrijving legt de architectuur en het doel uit zonder credentials, private routes, persoonlijke gegevens of operationele geheimen te publiceren.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Type<\/strong>Automation bot<\/span><\/div>\n
Stack<\/strong>Docker, scheduled checks, chat alerts<\/span><\/div>\n
Purpose<\/strong>Filter noisy opportunities<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What it is<\/h2>\n

Deals Bot is a small automation layer for deal tracking. It is useful because deal feeds are noisy; the bot can apply filters and only surface things that are likely to matter.<\/p>\n

Workflow<\/h2>\n
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Sources are checked on a schedule or trigger.<\/div>\n
Candidates are normalized into a comparable format.<\/div>\n
Rules filter by relevance, price, category or known noise patterns.<\/div>\n
Only worthwhile matches are sent to chat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Why it is intentionally narrow<\/h2>\n

The goal is not to scrape everything. The goal is to reduce repeated manual checking while avoiding a notification firehose.<\/p>\n

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  • Scheduled checks<\/li>\n
  • Filtering<\/li>\n
  • Chat alerts<\/li>\n
  • Automation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Wat het is<\/h2>\n

    Deals Bot is een kleine automatiseringslaag voor dealtracking. Het is nuttig omdat dealfeeds veel ruis bevatten; de bot kan filters toepassen en alleen dingen tonen die waarschijnlijk relevant zijn.<\/p>\n

    Workflow<\/h2>\n
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    Bronnen worden periodiek of via trigger gecontroleerd.<\/div>\n
    Kandidaten worden genormaliseerd naar een vergelijkbaar formaat.<\/div>\n
    Regels filteren op relevantie, prijs, categorie of bekende ruispatronen.<\/div>\n
    Alleen bruikbare matches worden naar chat gestuurd.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Waarom het bewust smal is<\/h2>\n

    Het doel is niet om alles te scrapen. Het doel is herhaald handmatig checken verminderen zonder een notificatiekanon te bouwen.<\/p>\n

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    • Scheduled checks<\/li>\n
    • Filtering<\/li>\n
    • Chat alerts<\/li>\n
    • Automatisering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A filtered-alert bot that watches for useful deals without turning bargain hunting into noise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesidequestlab.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}