🎮 The Next Input — Issue #050

An AI That DJs for Your Team

Aaron Bost
September 09, 2025

In partnership with

⚡ The Briefing — 60 sec

Amazon Music’s new AI feature generates personalized playlists every Monday. Maybe AI will recommend A Conversation With Myself by Bill Evans if it knows me that well…
AI tools built for good inevitably get used for injustice. You fight for a cause—and watch the other side co-opt it.
Australia bans chatbots from talking sex or suicide with kids. A world first. Who follows next?

🛠️ The Playbook — AI Playlist Curator for Teams

Mission Generate weekly motivational or focus playlists tailored to each team’s vibe (engineering, sales, design) and auto-share them in Slack every Monday morning.
Difficulty Easy–Medium | Build time 45–60 min
ROI Boosts morale and creates lightweight rituals without HR overhead.

Step	Action
1	Trigger – Zapier Schedule → every Monday 08:00.
2	Spotify/Apple Music API – Fetch trending tracks in chosen genres.
3	Claude 3.5 Sonnet – Prompt: *“Using these tracks, curate a 10-song playlist for {Team}. Theme: {Focus
4	Spotify API – Auto-create playlist and set cover art (based on theme).
5	Slack API – Post link to playlist in #team-vibes channel with witty caption.
6	Fail-safe – If API fails, fallback to a saved “evergreen playlist” link.

Pro tip: Use emoji prefixes in playlist names (🚀 Sales Boost, 🎨 Design Flow, 🧠 Deep Work) so they’re instantly recognisable.

🎯 The Arsenal — Tools & Prompts

Asset	What it does	Link
Spotify for Developers	API for playlist creation.	https://developer.spotify.com
Apple Music API	Build custom playlists.	https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
Bannerbear	Auto-generate cover art.	https://bannerbear.com
Prompt · Playlist Theme	Generates fun, team-specific playlists.

Curate a 10-song playlist for {Team}. 
Theme: {Motivation | Focus | Creativity}. 
For each song, add a one-line description in a fun tone.

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🕹️ Game Over

Spin up one team playlist tonight—tomorrow’s stand-up will thank you.
Share your win; you could headline Issue #051.

— Aaron
Automating the boring. Amplifying the brilliant.

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