OppTickBot

A Telegram bot that helps you never miss deadlines for opportunities (internships, scholarships, events, hackathons, jobs, etc.).

Stop losing opportunities in your Saved Messages graveyard.

Just forward any post to the bot — it auto-detects deadline, title, type and description, asks you to confirm, saves it and reminds you in time.

Why I Built This

I was constantly forwarding cool opportunities to Saved Messages... and then forgetting about them completely.
Deadlines would pass, applications would close, and I'd miss things I actually wanted.

So I created OppTickBot - a personal tool that turned into something I now share with others.

Features

• Automatic parsing from forwarded messages or sent text/photos:
  • Deadline (using regex + dateutil; supports natural language like "Feb 28")
  • Title (first line or detected phrase)
  • Category (Internship, Scholarship, Event, Job, Other — keyword-based)
  • Description (rest of the text or OCR-extracted from images)
• Smart confirmation flow — bot shows what it found, you say "yes" or correct it
• No deadline detected? — clearly asks you to enter one
• Reminders:
  • 7 days, 3 days, 1 day before + on the deadline day
  • High priority gets extra: 14 days & 2 days before
• Mark as done — tap a button or use /done <id> → stops all future reminders
• Persistence — reminders reschedule after bot restart
• Commands:
  • /start — welcome message
  • /list — your active opportunities with days left
  • /summary — upcoming this week
  • /done <id> — mark opportunity as done
  • /delete <id> — remove
  • /archive <id> — archive (for missed ones)
  • How it works?

1. Forward a message → bot parses & asks to confirm
2. Save → get ID + summary
3. Reminder arrives with "Mark Done" button
4. /list shows everything nicely

How to Use

1. Open Telegram and search for @opptick_bot (or click: t.me/opptick_bot)
2. Forward any opportunity message (text, photo, screenshot)
3. Confirm the detected details
4. Wait for reminders — apply when they arrive!
5. When done → mark it as done to stop notifications

Tech Stack

• Python 3.10+
• python-telegram-bot v22+ (with job-queue extra)
• SQLite for storing opportunities
• dateutil + regex for date parsing
• Pillow + pytesseract (optional) for OCR on images

Setup (Local Development)

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/amiprin7/OppTickBot.git
cd OppTickBot

# 2. Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# 3. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 4. Create .env file with your token
echo "BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here" > .env

# 5. Run the bot
python bot.py