Creator Compass — A Private AI Advisor for a Creator's Real Life

Description and use

Creator Compass is a private AI advisor that helps a creator decide when to post, what to post, or skip posting, preserving privacy and balancing academic commitments.

Problem

Deciding when to create, what to create, and when not to create at all while balancing Instagram growth with a PhD workload and personal privacy.

Outcome

Creator Compass provides a privacy‑preserving, locally run AI advisor that helps a creator decide daily content strategy, reducing anxiety and time spent on Instagram while supporting academic commitments.

Workflow

• Collect creator’s mood, daily events, and available time via React frontend
• Send context to Spring Boot REST API
• API constructs advisor prompt and forwards to local Ollama running Qwen3
• Model returns recommendation and content suggestion
• Frontend displays recommendation and details

Evidence

The problem was deciding when to create, what to create, and when not to create at all.

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Creator Compass then recommends whether she should: 🟢 Create today, 🟡 Keep it low-effort, 🔴 Don't post today — focus on your actual life

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Creator Compass is built around local open-source AI.

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React for the interface, Spring Boot for the backend API, Ollama for local model inference, Qwen3 as the open-weight AI model

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