The Autonomous Writer: Experimenting with Self-Evolving System Prompt and Context

A developer built an autonomous agentic writing system that self-publishes articles on a self-chosen topic roughly once a week. The pipeline uses a Python-based GitHub Actions cron job, OpenRouter-served LLM endpoints, Tavily for research, and Hugo/Azure Static Web Apps for hosting, with JSON-based memory and a self-editable system prompt. The author reflects on AI-generated content pollution and environmental impact, pledging periodic donations to offset it.