Get a Telegram alert when student housing prices drop

The system checks housing listings on a schedule and pings you on Telegram the moment a new or cheaper unit appears.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each tracked listing page.

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

flowchart TD trig(["scheduled listing check"]):::trigtime s0[["compare to last snapshot"]]:::mi s1["flag new or cheaper listings"]:::task s2["send telegram alert"]:::svc s3[("save report")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s1 --> s2 s2 --> s3 out[/"alert on new cheaper listings"/]:::out pay{{"no manual page refreshing"}}:::pay s3 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Messaging & Notifications
Connects
TelegramAWS S3

The problem it solves

Finding student housing means refreshing the same listing pages over and over, hoping to catch a good unit before someone else grabs it. Checking multiple sites by hand, several times a day, is not realistic while you're in classes. You want to know the moment something new or cheaper shows up.

Who it fits

Students or student housing services tracking availability across university and local rental listings.

How it works

  1. On a schedule, the system checks each housing listing page you're tracking
  2. It compares the new listings against the last saved snapshot
  3. It flags any listings that are new or have dropped in price
  4. A message with the details is sent to your Telegram chat
  5. The full report is saved for reference
What you get

Cheaper student housing found before it's gone

You get a Telegram alert the moment a new or cheaper student housing listing appears, so you can grab it before someone else does.

What you get

A Telegram alert with the details of any new or cheaper housing listing, plus a saved history of past scans.

What you need

A Telegram bot and an AWS account with an S3 bucket.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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