The AI Times – wake up to a printed paper, not a feed

Wake up to a printed paper — not a feed.

Interest-matched morning newspaper. Emailed daily. Printed on your Wi‑Fi printer.

when you’re away. Resume when you’re home.

Most news products optimize for engagement. The AI Times optimizes for signal.

Built for people who still believe a paper on the table beats another tab.

Hook for Show HN / Product Hunt:

“An always-on agent that turns RSS into The [Your Name] Times, emails it at 6:00, and AirPrints it at 6:05 — with a button for when you’re not home.”

• Personal or company paper —The Sairam Times , Herald, Post, orThe Acme Times
• News prompt + BYOK — OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Ollama, or offline desk
• Always-on agents — Scrapling + RSS desk, morning delivery, print daemon (Python)
• Dense A4 layouts — classic / modern / compact / broadsheet / magazine
• Wi‑Fi / AirPrint / IPP — connect your home or office printeronce
• ** / Resume** — skip printing while traveling; email can still arrive
• Daily puzzles — crossword, sudoku, word search, cryptogram, trivia (unique per day)
• Share — WhatsApp, Slack webhook, mailto, copy link

git clone https://github.com/firstninja-v/the-ai-times.git
cd the-ai-times
npm install
npm run agents:install
npm run dev

1. Compose your paper →/setup
2. Connect Wi‑Fi printer + schedule →/agent →Turn on every day
3. Run once now to prove generate → email → print

npm run agent:news      # wires all day
npm run agent:morning   # generate → email → print on schedule
npm run agent:print     # printer loop / discovery

Open /agent:

1. Scan Wi‑Fi printers or pasteipp://192.168.x.x/ipp/print
2. Connect this printer once
3. Set email time / print time
4. Turn on every day
5. Leaving town? ** printing** → back home?Resume

No browser tab required after that. Keep the machine (or a small home server) on.

src/                 # Next.js UI + APIs
agents/              # Python daemons + newspaper studio
docs/shots/          # README screenshots
banner.jpg           # GitHub banner
LICENSE

Use .github/LAUNCH.md for the full list. Short version:

• Push this main to GitHub (so Python agents + banner appear)
• Set About description + topics from.github/REPO_TOPICS.txt
• Social preview: upload docs/og-card.jpg in repo Settings → Social preview
• Pin the repo on your profile
• Post Show HN with the hook above + 20s demo
• Share in r/selfhosted + r/rss with a GIF of print/

MIT — see LICENSE.

_{All the signal · None of the slop}