AORA: AI Organization and Routine Assistant

Inspiration

The average person switches between 9.5 different apps daily just to manage their productivity. We waste 30+ minutes daily just navigating between calendars, task managers, and note-taking apps. What if you could manage everything through one conversational interface?

What it does

AORA is a productivity assistant that unifies your entire productivity stack. Through natural conversation, you can: Schedule meetings across Google Calendar Create and manage tasks in Todoist. Send emails through Gmail Create Zoom meetings Set reminders and track deadlines

Example: "Hey AORA, schedule a team standup Monday at 9 AM, add 'finish quarterly report' to my high-priority tasks, and remind me about the client presentation tomorrow."

How we built it

Frontend: React-based web interface

Backend: Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Integrations: MCP servers for Google Calendar API, Gmail API, Todoist API, and Zoom API

AI: Gemini for natural language processing and task orchestration

Challenges we ran into

It took us a long time to understand how MCP servers and clients interact. Then we had to troubleshoot why the interaction was not working as it should have. Since MCP is a pretty new technology, it involved a lot of reading documentation. The vast majority of issues we ran into were with MCP, with others in integrating the frontend + backend.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully integrated 4 major productivity platforms through a single interface; developed a scalable MCP architecture that can easily add new integrations using object-oriented programming and class abstraction.

What we learned

How MCP servers and clients interact
Various methods to implement MCP servers. You can run them locally, connect to remote servers, and even customize them to suit your own needs.
How multi-agent systems work and creating teams.

What's next for AORA: AI Organization and Routine Assistant

Voice Integration to talk to the personal assistant
Add Slack/Teams integration for professional communication and scheduling meetings
Smart habit tracking and routine suggestions
AI-powered schedule optimization based on your productivity patterns
Team collaboration features - schedule meetings across different organizations
Advanced analytics dashboard showing productivity insights