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HowTheF (Internal)

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Personalized AI Newsletter at Scale

Internal Project
What we built
100%
Personalized
To user profile
Weekly
Delivery
Consistent schedule
WhatsApp
Channel
Direct to phone
At a glance

We built personalization that actually works - every subscriber gets content tailored to their role, industry, and AI experience level.

Company

HowTheF is an AI consultancy helping businesses implement practical AI automation. Our newsletter reaches thousands of professionals learning to leverage AI in their work.

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Industry

AI Education

Generic AI newsletters either go over readers' heads or bore them with basics. We needed to deliver genuinely personalized content that matches each reader's context and learning level.

A CMO doesn't need the same AI content as a developer. A complete beginner shouldn't get advanced prompting techniques. Yet every newsletter sent the same content to everyone.

We built personalization that actually works - every subscriber gets content tailored to their role, industry, and AI experience level.

Oliver Gattermayr

Founder, HowTheF

The problem

One-size-fits-none content

  • Experience mismatch: Beginners felt overwhelmed by advanced content; experts got bored by basics.

  • Role irrelevance: Marketing professionals received developer-focused content and vice versa.

  • Engagement decline: Generic newsletters led to falling open rates as readers tuned out irrelevant content.

We were spending hours curating great AI content, then blasting it to everyone regardless of whether it applied to them.

Use case01

Profile-Based Personalization

We track every subscriber's industry, role, and AI experience level. When we curate content for the week, our "Matching Agent" scores every article against every user profile.

If a piece is too technical for a beginner, it's swapped out or rewritten. If it's irrelevant to a user's industry, it's dropped. The result is that every single subscriber receives a unique edition of the newsletter that feels like it was written just for them.

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User Action

Profile Collection

Subscribers provide role, industry, and AI experience during signup.

Core Agent Logic
1
User submits signup form.
2
System tags user with persona attributes.
3
Initializes user history tracking.
4
Assigns experience level baseline.
Inputs
Profile information
Outputs
User profile
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AI Agent

Content Matching

AI matches curated content to user profiles.

Core Agent Logic
1
Analyzes content for topic, complexity, and industry.
2
Calculates relevance score for each user-content pair.
3
Selects top-scoring items for each user.
4
Adapts content tone/intro to match user persona.
Inputs
Content libraryUser profiles
Outputs
Personalized content selections
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Automation

Edition Generation

Personalized newsletter editions are generated for each subscriber segment.

Core Agent Logic
1
Assembles selected content into newsletter template.
2
Injects personalized greeting and context.
3
Generates unique newsletter ID.
4
Queues for delivery.
Inputs
Matched contentTemplates
Outputs
Personalized newsletters
Use case02

WhatsApp Delivery

Email inboxes are overflowing, but WhatsApp is where business happens in many regions. We optimized our delivery pipeline for WhatsApp, ensuring perfect formatting and high readability.

The "Scheduler Agent" manages the queue, respecting user timezones and sending messages when they are most likely to be read, maximizing engagement rates.

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Automation

Format Optimization

Content formatted for WhatsApp readability.

Core Agent Logic
1
Converts HTML/Markdown to WhatsApp styled text.
2
Shortens links for readability.
3
Adds emojis and visual breaks.
4
Splits long messages if necessary.
Inputs
Newsletter content
Outputs
WhatsApp-formatted messages
2
Automation

Scheduled Delivery

Messages delivered at optimal times for each timezone.

Core Agent Logic
1
Determines optimal send window per user timezone.
2
Batches messages to avoid API rate limits.
3
Triggers WhatsApp API send.
4
Tracks delivery and read receipts.
Inputs
Formatted messagesUser timezones
Outputs
Delivered newsletters
Impact

Personalization That Actually Works

High

Engagement

Above industry average

100%

Personalized

No generic content

Zero

Manual Work

Fully automated delivery

Finally, an AI newsletter that speaks my language - literally matches my experience level and industry context.

Early Subscriber

Marketing Director

Tech Stack

AI Personalization EngineWhatsApp APIContent Curation AIAutomated Delivery
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