FranzAI
AI
email assistant
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Email-based AI assistant idea is good and novel
From 1 comment
This is a good idea, but it needs more use-cases. Besides helping to write or summarise emails, which is more convenient to do via an email client plugin, the only novel feature…
vzaliva on HN
Objections
Too few use cases beyond writing and reminders
From 1 comment
This is a good idea, but it needs more use-cases. Besides helping to write or summarise emails, which is more convenient to do via an email client plugin, the only novel feature…
vzaliva on HN
Sensitive work data sent to third party; wants self-hosting
From 1 comment
For me I’d like to self host this on my own domain so that I’m not sending sensitive work to a third party. ‘Franz pay this invoice with my CC ending in 1234’
mentos on HN
Requests
Calendar management and meeting negotiation
From 1 comment
This is a good idea, but it needs more use-cases. Besides helping to write or summarise emails, which is more convenient to do via an email client plugin, the only novel feature…
vzaliva on HN
Email thread takeover with escalation to human
From 1 comment
This is a good idea, but it needs more use-cases. Besides helping to write or summarise emails, which is more convenient to do via an email client plugin, the only novel feature…
vzaliva on HN
FAQ auto-reply mode
From 1 comment
This is a good idea, but it needs more use-cases. Besides helping to write or summarise emails, which is more convenient to do via an email client plugin, the only novel feature…
vzaliva on HN
Self-hosting on own domain
From 1 comment
For me I’d like to self host this on my own domain so that I’m not sending sensitive work to a third party. ‘Franz pay this invoice with my CC ending in 1234’
mentos on HN
Questions
Is function calling implemented for complex tasks?
From 1 comment
I feel like this is what Gemini is gonna end up doing longer term right? How can it act on complex tasks that aren't as simple as the ones shown? Have you implemented function…
orliesaurus on HN
Is workflow engine Temporal or database plus cron?
From 1 comment
The integration you are doing between the LLM and a workflow engine is cool. Are you using something like Temporal or just a database plus a cron job?
ko_pivot on HN
Alternatives named
Email client plugins
From 1 comment
This is a good idea, but it needs more use-cases. Besides helping to write or summarise emails, which is more convenient to do via an email client plugin, the only novel feature…
vzaliva on HN
Calendar and meeting management tools
From 1 comment
thx the reminder and the memory finction (which can be used for task mamagement) yeah, a forward / reply and ticket/thread feature is the next step which would enable all that…
franze on HN