System Management

Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your Neuron Daily Newsletter Automation system for optimal performance and reliability.

🔍 System Monitoring

Health Check Dashboard

# Comprehensive system health check
neuron-automation --health-check

# Quick status overview
neuron-automation --stats | head -15

Sample Health Check Output:

🏥 System Health Check
════════════════════════════════════════

✅ Browser Configuration: OK
   - Chrome version: 120.0.6099.109
   - WebDriver: Compatible
   - Profile access: Available

✅ Database Status: OK
   - File size: 2.3 MB
   - Integrity: Verified
   - Recent writes: Successful

✅ Network Connectivity: OK
   - Newsletter site: Reachable
   - Response time: 245ms
   - SSL certificate: Valid

✅ System Integration: OK
   - Service status: Active
   - Next run: Today 06:00 AM
   - Permissions: Correct

⚠️  Storage Space: 89% Used
   - Free space: 2.1 GB
   - Recommendation: Monitor usage

Monitoring Automation Status

# Check if automation service is running
neuron-automation --service-status

# View recent automation runs
neuron-automation --stats | grep -A 10 "Recent Activity"

# Monitor live log output  
neuron-automation --follow-logs

Performance Monitoring

# System performance profile
neuron-automation --profile-performance

# Resource usage statistics
neuron-automation --memory-stats
neuron-automation --disk-usage

# Database performance metrics
neuron-automation --db-stats | grep -E "(size|queries|response)"

🛠️ Maintenance Tasks

Daily Maintenance (Automated)

The system handles these tasks automatically:

• Content change detection via newsletter checksums
• Database optimization with automatic cleanup
• Log rotation to prevent disk space issues
• Error recovery with automatic retry mechanisms

Weekly Maintenance (5 minutes)

#!/bin/bash
# weekly-maintenance.sh

echo "🔧 Weekly Neuron Automation Maintenance"
echo "========================================"

# 1. Backup critical data
echo "💾 Creating backups..."
neuron-automation --backup-db
neuron-automation --backup-blacklist

# 2. Database optimization
echo "⚡ Optimizing database..."
neuron-automation --vacuum-db
neuron-automation --optimize-db

# 3. Clean old files
echo "🧹 Cleaning old files..."
neuron-automation --clear-logs --older-than 14
neuron-automation --clean-temp

# 4. Health verification
echo "🏥 System health check..."
neuron-automation --health-check

echo "✅ Weekly maintenance complete!"

Monthly Maintenance (10 minutes)

#!/bin/bash
# monthly-maintenance.sh

# 1. Full system verification
neuron-automation --system-test

# 2. Database integrity check
neuron-automation --check-db --repair-if-needed

# 3. Update system components
neuron-automation --check-updates
neuron-automation --update-service

# 4. Archive old data
neuron-automation --export-history "monthly_backup_$(date +%Y-%m).csv"
neuron-automation --cleanup --older-than 90

# 5. Performance benchmark
neuron-automation --benchmark > "benchmark_$(date +%Y-%m).txt"

🗄️ Database Management

Database Health

# Check database integrity
neuron-automation --check-db

# Repair database if issues found
neuron-automation --repair-db

# Optimize database performance
neuron-automation --vacuum-db
neuron-automation --optimize-db

# Show database statistics
neuron-automation --db-stats

Database Health Indicators:

Metric	Good Range	Action if Outside
File Size	< 50 MB	Archive old data
Query Response	< 50ms	Optimize/vacuum
Integrity Errors	0	Repair immediately
Growth Rate	< 1 MB/week	Check for issues

Database Backup & Recovery

# Create database backup
neuron-automation --backup-db

# Restore from backup (emergency)
neuron-automation --restore-db backup_file.db

# Export data for external analysis
neuron-automation --export-csv full_data.csv

# Show backup history
ls -la ~/.config/neuron-automation/backups/

Database Analysis

# Detailed database analysis
sqlite3 ~/.config/neuron-automation/newsletter_links.db << EOF
.headers on
.mode column

-- Table sizes
SELECT name, COUNT(*) as rows FROM sqlite_master 
  LEFT JOIN (SELECT 'links' as name, COUNT(*) as cnt FROM links 
            UNION SELECT 'newsletter_runs', COUNT(*) FROM newsletter_runs) 
  ON sqlite_master.name = name WHERE type='table';

-- Recent activity
SELECT DATE(run_date) as date, COUNT(*) as runs, 
       SUM(opened_links) as total_opened
FROM newsletter_runs 
WHERE run_date >= DATE('now', '-30 days')
GROUP BY DATE(run_date)
ORDER BY date DESC
LIMIT 10;
EOF

🔧 System Troubleshooting

Common Issues & Solutions

Issue: Automation Not Running

# 1. Check service status
neuron-automation --service-status

# 2. Verify schedule configuration
crontab -l | grep neuron
# or (macOS)
launchctl list | grep neuron

# 3. Test manual execution
neuron-automation --force --verbose

# 4. Check permissions
ls -la ~/.config/neuron-automation/

Issue: Browser Not Opening

# 1. Test browser configuration
neuron-automation --test-browser

# 2. Check Chrome installation
which google-chrome
google-chrome --version

# 3. Test WebDriver
neuron-automation --debug-browser

# 4. Try headless mode
neuron-automation --headless --dry-run

Issue: Database Errors

# 1. Check database file
ls -la ~/.config/neuron-automation/newsletter_links.db

# 2. Verify integrity
neuron-automation --check-db

# 3. Attempt repair
neuron-automation --repair-db

# 4. Restore from backup if needed
neuron-automation --restore-db latest_backup.db

Issue: Network/Connection Problems

# 1. Test connectivity
neuron-automation --test-connection

# 2. Check DNS resolution
nslookup www.theneurondaily.com

# 3. Test HTTP access
curl -I https://www.theneurondaily.com/

# 4. Check firewall/proxy settings
neuron-automation --debug-network

Advanced Troubleshooting

Debug Mode Analysis

# Full debug run with output capture
neuron-automation --debug --verbose > debug_full.log 2>&1

# Analyze common error patterns
grep -i error debug_full.log
grep -i failed debug_full.log  
grep -i timeout debug_full.log

# Component-specific debugging
neuron-automation --debug-browser > browser_debug.log 2>&1
neuron-automation --debug-database > db_debug.log 2>&1

Log Analysis

# View recent errors
neuron-automation --show-logs | grep -i error | tail -10

# Analyze automation patterns
grep "automation" ~/.config/neuron-automation/neuron_automation.log | tail -20

# Check browser startup issues
grep -E "(Chrome|WebDriver|selenium)" ~/.config/neuron-automation/neuron_automation.log

Performance Diagnostics

# System resource usage during automation
top -p $(pgrep -f neuron-automation) &
neuron-automation --force
kill %1

# Disk I/O monitoring
iotop -p $(pgrep -f neuron-automation) &
neuron-automation --force  
kill %1

# Network traffic analysis
netstat -i before && neuron-automation --force && netstat -i after

🔄 System Updates & Upgrades

Update Management

# Check for updates
neuron-automation --check-updates

# Update to latest version
neuron-automation --update

# Update system integration components
neuron-automation --update-service

# Verify update success
neuron-automation --version
neuron-automation --health-check

Version Control

# Show current version
neuron-automation --version

# Show version history
neuron-automation --version-history

# Rollback to previous version (if available)
neuron-automation --rollback-version

# Update from specific source
neuron-automation --update --source github

Configuration Migration

# Before major updates, backup configuration
neuron-automation --export-config backup_config.json

# After update, verify configuration
neuron-automation --test-config

# Migrate settings if needed
neuron-automation --migrate-config --from-version 1.4.0

🔒 Security & Privacy

Security Monitoring

# Check file permissions
ls -la ~/.config/neuron-automation/

# Verify no sensitive data in logs
grep -E "(password|token|key)" ~/.config/neuron-automation/neuron_automation.log

# Check browser security settings
neuron-automation --test-browser --security-check

Privacy Maintenance

# Clear browsing data from automation profile
neuron-automation --clear-browser-data

# Anonymize exported data
neuron-automation --export-csv --anonymize data.csv

# Review data collection settings
neuron-automation --show-config | grep -E "(track|collect|send)"

Access Control

# Set proper file permissions
chmod 700 ~/.config/neuron-automation/
chmod 600 ~/.config/neuron-automation/*.db
chmod 600 ~/.config/neuron-automation/*.log

# Review system access
ps aux | grep neuron-automation
lsof -c neuron-automation

📊 Reporting & Analytics

System Reports

# Generate monthly system report
neuron-automation --generate-report --month 2025-01

# Performance summary report
neuron-automation --report-performance --days 30

# Usage analytics report  
neuron-automation --report-usage --detailed

Custom Monitoring Scripts

#!/bin/bash
# custom-monitoring.sh

# Daily system health email
{
  echo "Subject: Neuron Automation Daily Report"
  echo ""
  neuron-automation --health-check
  echo ""
  neuron-automation --stats | head -20
} | sendmail admin@example.com

# Resource usage alert
if neuron-automation --disk-usage | grep -q "90%"; then
  echo "Warning: Disk usage high" | logger -t neuron-automation
fi

🚨 Emergency Procedures

System Recovery

# Emergency system reset (last resort)
neuron-automation --emergency-reset --confirm

# Restore from last known good state
neuron-automation --restore-backup --latest

# Minimal restart procedure
sudo systemctl stop neuron-automation
neuron-automation --repair-db
neuron-automation --test-config
sudo systemctl start neuron-automation

Data Recovery

# Recover from corrupted database
cp ~/.config/neuron-automation/newsletter_links.db corrupted_backup.db
neuron-automation --restore-db backup_file.db

# Rebuild database from logs
neuron-automation --rebuild-db --from-logs

# Extract data from backup
neuron-automation --extract-backup backup_file.db

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Monitoring Automation Script

Create a comprehensive monitoring script:

#!/bin/bash
# system-monitor.sh

LOG_FILE="$HOME/.config/neuron-automation/monitoring.log"

echo "$(date): Starting system monitoring check" >> "$LOG_FILE"

# Health check
if ! neuron-automation --health-check --quiet; then
    echo "$(date): Health check failed!" >> "$LOG_FILE"
    # Send alert (email, notification, etc.)
fi

# Disk space check
DISK_USAGE=$(neuron-automation --disk-usage | grep -o '[0-9]*%' | head -1)
if [[ "${DISK_USAGE%\%}" -gt 85 ]]; then
    echo "$(date): Disk usage warning: $DISK_USAGE" >> "$LOG_FILE"
fi

# Service status check
if ! neuron-automation --service-status --quiet; then
    echo "$(date): Service status issue detected" >> "$LOG_FILE"
fi

echo "$(date): Monitoring check completed" >> "$LOG_FILE"

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Next Steps

• Configuration Guide

  Customize system behavior and advanced settings.

  Configuration

• Troubleshooting

  Detailed troubleshooting guides for common issues.

  Troubleshooting

• Daily Operation

  Return to daily workflow optimization.

  Daily Workflow

Neuron Daily Newsletter Automation

Why This Exists: Reading the Neuron Daily newsletter is a great way to start the day, but manually clicking through all the article links takes time. This automation opens everything at once, so you can spend your morning reading instead of clicking. Built collaboratively with Claude AI to solve a real daily workflow need.

If this saves you time too, give it a ⭐ and let us know how it works for you!

Cross-platform automation system that automatically opens the latest Neuron Daily newsletter with all article links in separate tabs every weekday morning.

Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows