There are three main types of pipelines that can be built in Vector Shift:

1. Standard Pipelines: These are multi-purpose input-to-output type pipelines, where data flows from one step to the next.

2. Trigger Pipelines: These pipelines are designed to perform an action when a specific event or condition is met, such as a scheduled task (cron job).

3. Conversational Pipelines: These pipelines define the flow of a conversation, where each step represents a specific action or response in the conversation.

The key difference between these pipeline types is the way they are triggered and executed. Standard pipelines are manually initiated, while trigger pipelines are automatically triggered by events or schedules, and conversational pipelines are driven by user interactions.

In the example provided, the pipeline being built is a trigger pipeline that runs a weekly report on AI news and sends it to the user's email. The pipeline uses the cron job trigger to schedule the execution of the workflow every Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

To set up a pipeline that creates a weekly AI news report and sends it to your email, follow these steps:

1. Select the "Cron" trigger node in the Vector Shift pipeline builder. This will allow you to schedule the pipeline to run at a specific time.
2. Set the trigger to run weekly, on Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.
3. Create a text field prompt that queries Google for the latest AI news.
4. Use an OpenAI language model to summarize the search results and generate a report.
5. Fetch the current date and time using the "Time" node.
6. Send the generated report via email to your inbox.
7. Configure the pipeline's advanced settings to ensure the nodes run in the correct order, even if they don't directly use the output from the previous node.
8. Deploy the pipeline to automate the weekly AI news reporting process.

With this setup, you'll receive a concise summary of the past week's AI news in your inbox every Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

To create a prompt that searches for AI news, we can use the "Text" node in the Vector Shift pipeline. In this node, we can enter the search query we want to use to find the latest AI news.

For example, we can use the prompt "AI news this week" to search for the most recent news and updates in the field of artificial intelligence. This prompt will be passed to the Google search engine, and the resulting snippets will be used as the context for the OpenAI model to generate the weekly AI report.

By using a dynamic prompt that can be updated as needed, we can ensure that the report covers the most relevant and up-to-date information on the latest developments in AI.

To summarize the AI news from the past week, the pipeline uses the following steps:

1. The Cron trigger node is set to run every Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern time, triggering the workflow.
2. The Time node is used to get the current time, which is then used in the email subject line.
3. A Google search is performed using the prompt "search all the AI news that happened this past week".
4. The search results are passed to an OpenAI language model, which is instructed to "write a report on what happened this past week in the world of AI" using the search context.
5. The generated report is then sent via email to the specified address ([email protected]) with the subject "Weekly AI Report [date]".

This pipeline automates the process of summarizing the latest AI news and delivering the report to the user's inbox on a weekly basis.

To create a pipeline that sends a weekly AI report via email, follow these steps:

1. Set up a Cron trigger under the "Trigger" node, configured to run every Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.
2. Add a "Time" node to fetch the current time.
3. Use a "Google Search" node to query for "AI news this past week" and retrieve the search snippets.
4. Pass the search snippets to an OpenAI language model node, instructing it to "write a report on what happened this past week in the world of AI" using the provided context.
5. Finally, add a "Send Email" node to send the generated report to the desired email address (e.g., [email protected]) with the subject "Weekly AI Report [Date]".

By setting up this pipeline, you can automatically generate and send a weekly summary of the latest AI news to your inbox every Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

To deploy the Cron trigger pipeline, ensure that the "Enable Automation" toggle is turned on (it is on by default). Then, simply click the "Deploy Changes" button and then "Deploy" to activate the pipeline.

Once deployed, the pipeline will run automatically every Sunday at 9:00 PM Eastern time, fetching the latest AI news, generating a summary report, and sending it to the specified email address.