Ava Customer Acquisition Agent

Enable Ava (Telegram bot) to drive customer acquisition and launch support for PodcastItLater.

Goal

Validate or invalidate PodcastItLater hypothesis in 30 days via user conversations + revenue attempt.

Success Metric

• User conversations collected
• Feedback patterns identified
• Revenue attempt made (even if $0)

Workflow

1. Ava drafts outreach campaigns targeting podcast creators/listeners 2. Ben approves the messaging (via Telegram /review command) 3. Ava sends, tracks responses, collects feedback 4. Ava synthesizes weekly: patterns, pivot signals, next experiments 5. Rinse/repeat until revenue or identify real problem to solve

Architecture Decisions

Python Sandbox

A python_exec tool that runs Python snippets in subprocess with curated stdlib (requests, json, csv). Explicit http_get, http_post tools for API calls. Full sandboxing deferred.

Forms

Formbricks (self-hosted, good API) or simple /feedback endpoint on PIL itself.

Approval Queue

Drafts stored in _/var/ava/outreach/pending/*.json. Ben reviews via Telegram commands.

Email Sending

SMTP integration in Omni.Agent.Tools.Email, gated by approval status.

Phases

Phase 1: Start Operating (MVP)

• Python exec tool
• HTTP request tools
• Codebase reader for PIL
• Approval queue + Telegram review commands

Phase 2: Outreach

• SMTP email sending (with approval gate)
• Feedback collection endpoint

Phase 3: Scale

• Drip scheduler (persistent queue)
• Analytics/funnel tracking

Key Files

• Telegram bot: Omni/Agent/Telegram.hs
• Email tools: Omni/Agent/Tools/Email.hs
• Agent engine: Omni/Agent/Engine.hs
• PodcastItLater: Biz/PodcastItLater/