Automated Morning Companion with Quote Wallpaper Generation Using Remotion

A developer shared a detailed automation workflow that creates a personalized morning companion using OpenClaw and other tools, with a unique automated wallpaper generation component using Remotion.

How It Works

The automation starts by pulling a quote from one of 107 books converted to markdown in an Obsidian vault. The script tracks which books and categories have been used to ensure variety each day. It then generates a one-sentence summary of recent work and personal activities from Obsidian's flow lab folder containing work logs and daily personal logs.

The system surfaces three new Reddit threads from specified subreddits, filters them based on interest criteria, and provides one-sentence extracts with explanations of why they might be relevant. It also generates a daily journal prompt to help kickstart thinking.

Wallpaper Generation

Approximately 5-7 minutes after the initial brief, the system generates a custom image featuring the day's quote using Remotion. The AI agent creates the image completely automatically, with creativity enforced through a long selection of design options and a constraint that prevents reusing designs from the previous five days. The developer notes this was the most challenging part of the automation.

If desired, the generated image can be manually adjusted in Remotion's composition interface. The developer uses a digital frame to display favorite images and has automated wallpaper setting through commands like "Ask Cursor to set today's image as wallpaper, print it and send it to the frame."

Other Automations Mentioned

• Comment Guard - described as "really useful"
• Agent Trainer - mentioned in accompanying video
• Clanker Corp - mentioned in accompanying video

The developer emphasizes this is their favorite automation among several they've built, specifically highlighting the novelty of the automated quote-to-wallpaper generation using Remotion.