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MateCheck 🤝

A Rust application that helps you stay in touch with friends by tracking calendar meetings and sending automated reminders via Telegram and WhatsApp.

Status: ✅ Production Ready - Fully automated with GitHub Actions + Firebase state

What It Does

MateCheck connects to your Google Calendar, identifies meetings with friends, and sends you Telegram reminders when you haven't seen someone in a while. It runs automatically every day via GitHub Actions.

Features ✅

Core Functionality

  • Google Calendar Integration - Fetches events with OAuth 2.0 authentication
  • Smart Friend Matching - Matches events to friends by:
    • Email addresses (primary method)
    • Event titles with name/alias matching (fallback)
  • All-Day Event Support - Tracks both timed and all-day calendar events
  • Recurring Event Filtering - Automatically filters out birthdays and anniversaries

Configuration Management

  • Firestore Configuration - Store friends config in Firebase Firestore
  • Web UI - Mobile-responsive web interface for managing friends
    • Add, edit, and delete friends via intuitive UI
    • Status report dashboard with color-coded badges
    • No YAML editing required
    • Deployed on GitHub Pages
    • Google Sign-In authentication
  • Automatic YAML Fallback - Seamlessly falls back to local friends.yaml if Firestore unavailable

Smart Reminders

  • Automatic Early Warnings - Reminds you 15% before your target frequency
    • 10 days → remind at day 8 (2 days early)
    • 30 days → remind at day 25 (5 days early)
    • 45 days → remind at day 38 (7 days early)
  • Future Meeting Awareness - Skips reminders if meeting already scheduled
  • Friend Aliases - Match calendar events with nicknames (e.g., "Lou" matches "Louise")
  • Snooze Functionality ⭐ NEW - Temporarily pause reminders for specific friends
    • Click inline buttons in Telegram: 3 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks
    • Powered by Firebase Firestore + Cloud Functions
    • Fail-open design (works even if Firebase is unavailable)
  • Status Report - Full overview of where you stand with all friends
    • Stored as a single Firestore document, updated each cron run
    • Send /report to your Telegram bot for a formatted summary
    • View in the web UI with color-coded status badges
    • Statuses: on track, due soon, overdue, never met
  • Do Not Disturb Mode - Automatically pauses ALL reminders during specific periods
    • Create all-day calendar events with 🔕 emoji or [DND] text
    • Examples: "🔕 Vacation in Paris", "[DND] Focus Week"
    • Works with single-day and multi-day events
    • Only all-day events count (timed events ignored)

Notifications

  • Telegram Integration - Sends formatted reminders with clickable links
  • WhatsApp Support - Creates WhatsApp deep links for friends without Telegram
  • Smart Fallback - Telegram username → WhatsApp → plain name

Automation

  • GitHub Actions - Runs automatically on schedule
    • Weekdays: 8:00 AM Berlin time
    • Weekends: 9:30 AM Berlin time
  • Manual Testing - Can be triggered manually for testing

Tech Stack

  • Language: Rust 🦀 (2021 edition) + TypeScript (Cloud Functions)
  • APIs: Google Calendar API v3, Telegram Bot API
  • Database: Firebase Firestore (state persistence + config storage)
  • Backend: Firebase Cloud Functions (webhook for button callbacks)
  • Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript + Firebase SDK (web UI)
  • Key Crates: tokio, serde, chrono, clap, reqwest, firestore
  • Auth: OAuth 2.0 for Google Calendar, Firebase Service Account, Google Sign-In (web UI)
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions
  • Hosting: GitHub Pages (web UI)
  • Tests: 79 passing tests (Rust)

Project Structure

matecheck/
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs              # CLI entry point
│   ├── config.rs            # Friend configuration loader (Firestore + YAML)
│   ├── calendar/            # Google Calendar integration
│   │   ├── client.rs        # OAuth & API client
│   │   ├── types.rs         # Event types
│   │   └── dnd.rs           # Do Not Disturb detection
│   ├── firestore/           # Firebase Firestore integration
│   │   ├── client.rs        # Firestore connection
│   │   ├── snoozes.rs       # Snooze repository (CRUD)
│   │   ├── status.rs        # Status report repository
│   │   └── types.rs         # Firestore data types
│   ├── matcher.rs           # Event-to-friend matching logic
│   ├── reminder/
│   │   └── engine.rs        # Reminder calculation logic
│   └── telegram/            # Telegram integration
│       ├── client.rs        # Bot API client
│       └── formatter.rs     # Message formatting + inline buttons
├── docs/                    # Web UI (GitHub Pages)
│   ├── index.html           # Friends management interface
│   ├── README.md            # Web UI setup instructions
│   └── SETUP.md             # Deployment guide
├── functions/               # Firebase Cloud Functions (TypeScript)
│   ├── src/
│   │   └── index.ts         # Webhook handler for buttons + /report command
│   ├── package.json
│   └── tsconfig.json
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       └── daily-check.yml  # Automated deployment
├── friends.yaml             # Fallback config (gitignored, optional)
├── friends.example.yaml     # Example configuration
├── firebase.json            # Firebase configuration
└── Cargo.toml              # Rust dependencies

Setup

Prerequisites

  • Rust (latest stable)
  • Node.js 22+ (for Firebase Functions)
  • Google Calendar API credentials
  • Telegram bot token
  • Firebase project (free tier)
  • GitHub account (for automation)

Local Development

  1. Clone and configure:

    git clone <your-repo>
cd matecheck
cp friends.example.yaml friends.yaml
# Edit friends.yaml with your friends

  2. Set up Google Calendar API:

    • Create a project in Google Cloud Console
    • Enable Google Calendar API
    • Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop app)
    • Download as credentials.json in project root
    • Run once locally to authenticate: cargo run -- --debug

  3. Set up Telegram Bot:

    • Create bot via @BotFather
    • Get your chat ID: cargo run --bin get_chat_id
    • Create .env file: 
      TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=your_chat_id

  4. Run locally:

    cargo run                    # Normal run
cargo run -- --debug         # Debug mode with verbose output
cargo run -- --test-telegram # Test Telegram integration

GitHub Actions Deployment

  1. Push code to GitHub:

    git push origin master

  2. Set up Firebase (optional, for snooze feature):

    • Create Firebase project
    • Enable Firestore Database
    • Enable billing (required for Secret Manager, but stays on free tier)
    • Create service account, download as service-account.json
    • Deploy Cloud Function: cd functions && npm install && firebase deploy --only functions
    • Set Telegram webhook to Cloud Function URL

  3. Add repository secrets (Settings → Secrets → Actions):

    • GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS - Content of credentials.json
    • GOOGLE_OAUTH_TOKEN - Content of token.json (refresh tokens last 6+ months)
    • TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN - Your bot token
    • TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID - Your chat ID
    • FRIENDS_CONFIG - Content of friends.yaml
    • FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT - Content of service-account.json (if using snooze)

  4. Test workflow:

    • Go to Actions tab
    • Select "Daily Friend Reminder Check"
    • Click "Run workflow"

  5. Done! Reminders run automatically on schedule.

Web UI Deployment (Optional but Recommended)

Deploy the friends management interface to GitHub Pages:

  1. Enable GitHub Pages:

    • Go to repo Settings → Pages
    • Source: Deploy from a branch
    • Branch: master, Folder: /docs
    • Save and wait 1-2 minutes

  2. Configure Firebase for web access:

    • Follow the detailed setup guide in docs/SETUP.md
    • Enable Google Sign-In authentication
    • Update Firestore security rules
    • Add your GitHub Pages domain to authorized domains

  3. Access your web UI:

    • Visit https://YOUR_USERNAME.github.io/matecheck/
    • Sign in with Google
    • Manage friends through the interface

See docs/README.md for complete setup instructions.

Configuration

MateCheck supports two configuration methods:

  1. Firestore (Recommended) - Store friends in Firebase Firestore, edit via web UI
  2. YAML (Fallback) - Local friends.yaml file (automatically used if Firestore unavailable)

Firestore Configuration (via Web UI)

The easiest way to manage friends is through the web UI:

  1. Deploy web UI to GitHub Pages (see docs/SETUP.md)
  2. Visit your GitHub Pages URL
  3. Sign in with Google
  4. Add/edit/delete friends via the interface

Changes take effect immediately - no deployment needed!

friends.yaml Example (Fallback)

friends:
  - id: "alice"
    name: "Alice Smith"
    email: "alice@example.com"
    telegram_username: "alice_tg"
    frequency_days: 30

  - id: "bob"
    name: "Bob Johnson"
    email: "bob@example.com"
    whatsapp_phone: "+1 234 567 8900" # For friends without Telegram
    aliases: ["Bobby"] # Match "Bobby" in calendar
    frequency_days: 14

  - id: "charlie"
    name: "Charlie"
    frequency_days: 60 # No contact info = plain name

Field Reference

  • id (required) - Unique identifier
  • name (required) - Friend's display name
  • email (optional) - For calendar matching
  • telegram_username (optional) - Creates t.me/username link
  • whatsapp_phone (optional) - Creates WhatsApp link (+ and spaces auto-stripped)
  • aliases (optional) - Alternative names for calendar matching
  • frequency_days (required) - How often you want to meet (in days)

How It Works

  1. Loads Active Snoozes - Queries Firestore for snoozed friends (fail-open if unavailable)
  2. Fetches Calendar Events - Gets events from last 90 days + future events
  3. Writes Status Report - Computes and stores friend status snapshot in Firestore
  4. Checks Do Not Disturb - Exits early if DND event detected (skips all reminders)
  5. Matches Friends - Identifies which events involved which friends
  6. Calculates Last Meeting - Finds most recent past meeting per friend
  7. Checks Future Meetings - Looks for upcoming scheduled meetings
  8. Applies Smart Logic:
    • Filters out snoozed friends
    • Reminds at 85% of target frequency (15% buffer)
    • Skips reminder if meeting already scheduled
    • Ignores recurring events (birthdays)
  9. Sends Telegram Message - Formatted list with inline snooze buttons
  10. Button Callback - Cloud Function handles button clicks, updates Firestore

Development

Run Tests

cargo test                    # All tests
cargo test --lib              # Library tests only
cargo test test_name          # Specific test

Utilities

cargo run --bin get_chat_id   # Get your Telegram chat ID

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file

Learning Project

This project was built as a learning exercise to understand Rust coming from a Go background. It covers:

  • Rust ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes
  • Async/await with tokio
  • OAuth 2.0 authentication
  • API integration (Google Calendar, Telegram, Firestore)
  • Firebase Cloud Functions (TypeScript)
  • State persistence with Firestore
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Error handling with Result types
  • Testing and test-driven development
  • Graceful degradation (fail-open patterns)

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