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How to Create a Self-Updating Personal Website with AI-Generated Art

Build a dynamic personal website that automatically updates with your latest check-ins. This workflow uses an AI bot to transform locations into unique 3D illustrations and publish them to your site, creating a living record of your life.

How to Create a Self-Updating Personal Website with AI-Generated Art

Before you start

Tools used

  • Grok

    xAI's conversational AI assistant

Step by step

The workflow

Follow the sequence once, then adapt the prompts, checks, and handoffs to your own setup.

4 steps

Step01

Start with a Conversational Idea

Instead of writing a formal specification, begin by describing your core idea to a Grok Bot instance using natural language. Explain the goal of creating an automated check-in system for your website.

Example prompt
Here is the idea. Uh, what's the simplest way to do it? How can we make this work?

Start simple. You don't need a complete vision at the beginning. Let the conversation with the bot help you build the system piece by piece.

Step02

Provide a Location Input

Send your dedicated check-in bot an input to trigger the workflow. This can be a photo, a screenshot of a map, or just the name of a place (e.g., 'Bernal Heights Peak').

Step03

Automate Location & Image Generation

The bot uses the Google Places API to find the exact coordinates of the location. It then processes any provided image and generates two new images in a consistent '3D miniature' style: one for light mode and one for dark mode.

Step04

Publish the Update

The bot structures all the data—including the location name, the generated images, and even the social profiles of friends you were with—and publishes the update directly to your personal website's CMS.

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