Rain coming: service and crowding note
When the rain will hit, with a service and crowding note.
What it does
Every hour on rainy days: the rain expected in the next hours, and a service note by xMap AI (more buses on busy routes, slower running, crowded stations), posted to the control room.
In one sentence: Every hour at :00, in Kuala Lumpur, get the 1-day weather forecast, sort them by rain_mm and keep the top 4, write a report with xMap AI, then send message to a channel in Slack and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Rain crowds stations and slows buses. The control room adds service before it happens.
Who it is for
Public transport & transit. Transit agencies, bus and rail operators and mobility planners placing stops, running services around disruptions and reaching riders. Every use case for public transport
Best use cases
- A bus control room
- A metro operator
- A transit agency
What each run gives you
- A Slack post
The time it saves
Every hour at :00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 15 minutes each time; it runs about 720 times a month, so it saves about 40 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every hourTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- My cityWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Rain hour by hourxMap data · Weather forecastThe weather forecast (Open-Meteo, from national weather services) for up to 16 days: temperature, rain, wind and UV.
- Best 4 firstLogic · Sort and limitPuts the items in order, and can keep only the first ones: the 10 best rated, the 20 nearest, the highest fit scores.
- Write the service notexMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Post it to #control-roomApp · SlackChannel-based messaging platform
- Email me the resultsAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Enrich a list once: A CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Weather forecast: Up to 16 days for each place or city.
- Score, rank and label with xMap LLM: A score and a reason for every result, in your words.
- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- Site selection: Choosing where to open a store, branch, clinic or facility.
- Lead scoring: Ranking prospects by how likely they are to buy.
More for Public transport & transit
- On-demand minibus zones for older residents: Zones for an on-demand minibus where older people lack stops.
- Where new cycle lanes would be used most: Blocks ranked for new cycle lanes by young adults and cycling signs.
- Blocks with many people and few bus stops: Blocks with many people and few bus stops, for the network plan.
- Schools with many children and few bus stops: Schools with many children and few stops, for school bus routes.
- Park and ride sites at the edge of the city: Stations scored as park and ride sites.
- Malls far from stations, for shuttle partnerships: Malls far from stations, offered a shared shuttle.