The Challenge That Sparked This Project

Scrolling through X one day, I came across an interesting post: “One-day challenge: Set up a process where AI does something for you daily. It could summarize the news, send an image to your email, or even write you a song.”

It sounded like a fun experiment that could be used as a foundation for a more complex project, and I figured I could tackle it in 1-2 hours. I wanted something simple yet practical—something that could run automatically, require no maintenance, and leverage AI’s creativity.

That’s how I ended up building this: a Python-powered bot that generates content using OpenAI’s API and posts it to X every day, running entirely on AWS Lambda.

Oh, and one more thing, since most of my development experience is with Java and not Python—I didn’t even write the code. Claude.ai did it for me.

How It Works: AI-Generated Posts with a Serverless Workflow

In the basic "out of the box" solution, This bot is designed to be fully automated and hands-free. Here’s how it runs:

1. Triggering the Bot
• The bot can run on a schedule using EventBridge, generating content based on a fixed prompt.
• Alternatively, it can be triggered dynamically via SQS, allowing for customized AI-generated posts as part of a larger workflow.
2. Generating Content with OpenAI
• Once triggered, the bot sends a structured request to OpenAI’s API, generating content based on pre-defined or dynamic parameters.
3. Posting to X
• The generated text is automatically published to a dedicated X account—no manual input required.
4. AWS Lambda for a Fully Serverless Setup
• The entire process runs on AWS Lambda, making it cost-effective (only runs when triggered), scalable, and maintenance-free.

Claude.ai Wrote the Code for Me

Since the challenge was about speed and automation, I decided to take it a step further: I used Claude.ai to generate the entire code for the bot. I provided a clear prompt outlining the requirements, the infrastructure im going to use, the level of testing coverage, and even to add a README.md.

Here’s the prompt I used to kick off the project:

help me create a python project that runs as an aws lambda.
* The lambda is triggered by an SQS message or a scheduled eventbridge event
* The project should build a prompt based on the details from the sqs message or the event and send a request to openai to generate content for X (formally twitter).
* Once we have the content, post it to an X account.
* Make sure to have full unit test coverage.
* Add a README file to describe the project and how to run it.

Claude.ai immediately generated the base files needed, I then added some specific requests such as a Logger utility, local env testing, and a few other tweaks to the code.

After about 30-60 minutes, I had a fully functional bot that could generate content and post it to X. I was impressed by how quickly Claude.ai could generate the code and how well it followed my instructions.

I then continued to set up the project infrastructure on aws, create an X profile and generate tokens needed for API actions, and the bot was up and running.

✔ Connected to OpenAI’s API
✔ Handled API responses and formatted the text
✔ Integrated with X for automated posting
✔ Ran serverless on AWS Lambda

This was a cool moment — building a project from start to end (almost) without writing any code.

What’s Next? Future Enhancements

Although this bot works great, If you want to take this project to the next level, there’s always room for improvements:

🚀 More Personalization – Fine-tune AI prompts for different posting styles, and use trending topics.

📊 Analytics & Engagement Tracking – Measure how well posts perform.

📡 Multi-Platform Support – Expand to LinkedIn, Mastodon, or even email updates.

🛠 Better Content Filtering – Add quality control measures to fine-tune outputs and add a content feedback loop.

Final Thoughts: AI, Automation & a Fun Experiment

What started as a casual X challenge turned into a fully automated content generation system.

This project is a perfect example of how AI and cloud automation can simplify everyday tasks, whether it’s for social media, productivity, or creative work.

Want to check out the code and set up your own X Bot? It’s all available on GitHub:

👉 GitHub Repo: X Content Generator

Want me to help you set one up for you? 👉 Send me a message!

If you’ve ever thought about automating something with AI, give it a shot—you might be surprised at how quickly you can get something up and running!