InboxIntel 📧✨

InboxIntel is a powerful cold outreach automation tool designed to help users craft, send, and optimize their email campaigns. Built on a modern, serverless stack, it leverages AI to enhance email content and provides analytics to track campaign effectiveness.

Live Demo: [https://inboxintel.site]

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🌟 Core Features

• Campaign Management: Create and manage distinct outreach campaigns with specific goals and audiences.
• AI-Powered Email Generation: Utilize OpenAI (GPT-4) to draft compelling cold emails or improve existing ones.
• Gmail Integration: Securely connect your Gmail account via OAuth to send emails directly from your own address.
• Automated Reply Tracking: A background service automatically polls for replies and updates the status of your emails.
• Performance Analytics: View key metrics for your campaigns, including emails sent, replies received, and reply rates.
• Lead Management: Upload and manage lists of leads for each campaign.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Component	Technology
Frontend	Vite, Tailwind CSS, Shadcn UI
Backend	Supabase (Auth, PostgreSQL, Edge Functions)
Email API	Gmail API (OAuth 2.0)
AI/LLM	OpenAI API (GPT-4)
Deployment	Netlify & Supabase CLI

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🏛️ Architecture & Development Process

We utilised bolt.new to create the base of our app. We supplemented this with use of the HULA Framework for prompt engineering. Our goal was to create a robust, scalable application using Supabase.

This systematic approach allowed for rapid development while ensuring the final product was well-architected and aligned with our vision.

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js & npm
• Supabase Account & CLI (npm install -g supabase)
• Netlify Account
• Google Cloud Project with OAuth 2.0 credentials
• OpenAI API Key

Local Development

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone **insert https link**
   cd inbox-intel

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up Supabase locally:

   supabase init
   supabase start

4. Configure environment variables: Create a .env.local file in the inbox-intel directory and populate it with your keys from Supabase, Google, and OpenAI.

5. Run the development server:

   npm run dev

Deployment

This project uses a hybrid deployment model:

1. Frontend & Database: The Vite frontend is deployed to Netlify.
2. Backend Logic: Supabase Edge Functions are deployed from the local machine using the Supabase CLI:

   supabase functions deploy --project-ref <your-project-ref>

This process ensures a CI/CD-like workflow for the frontend while allowing direct deployment of the serverless backend functions.

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🔮 Future Plans

• Implement A/B testing for email variants.
• Auto-generation of Leads
• Integrate with other outreach channels like LinkedIn.
• Build out a more advanced analytics dashboard.

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