Soul in Motion — 3:22 PM | 2026-10-30

Description and use

Automated grant application generation and submission using OpenAI and Python, scheduled nightly.

Problem

Automate grant application generation and submission after manually completing initial forms.

Outcome

Automated grant pipeline reduces manual effort, enabling nightly submissions of new grant opportunities.

Workflow

• Manually complete initial grant forms
• Create prompt template for each grant
• Write generate_application() using OpenAI gpt-4o-mini
• Write submit_application() to POST PDF to grant portal API
• Schedule grant_auto.py via cron nightly
• Monitor API responses and queue for review

Evidence

I manually worked through five different grant forms, then built and scheduled a recurring automation prompt to generate and process future applications.

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The automation is a two‑step process: Form Generation – A prompt template that pulls the grant’s requirements and fills in the boilerplate.

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Submission – A script that uploads the generated PDF to the grant portal via its API.

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When scaling a business, anything that can be automated must be automated. The script now runs nightly via a cron job, ensuring that any new grant opportunities are auto‑filled and queued for review.

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