Free playbooks

See the work. Copy the prompt.

Each playbook shows one task: what goes in, what comes back and the prompt to copy. You can use it on your own today. The first one also shows how we would set it up for you.

The Weekly Reset

One parent spends an evening every week piecing the week together. Once a week you paste the week’s items into an AI chat tool. It drafts the calendar, meals, school items and errands. A parent approves every entry.

What you paste in

Tue: school moved pickup to 4:15
Thu 3:00 dentist, Kid 1
Thu 3:30 practice, Kid 2
Permission slip due Fri
Pharmacy pickup
Two late practices this week

What comes back

Calendar: Tuesday, pickup moved to 4:15. Thursday, dentist at 3:00. Conflict: Thursday dentist overlaps Kid 2 practice at 3:30. Meals: Five dinners, with quick ones on the two practice nights. School items: Permission slip due Friday. Errands: Pharmacy pickup.

What you check

Every entry, before it goes on the shared calendar.

The prompt to copy

Help me plan my family’s week.
Below are this week’s calendar items, school messages and errands.

Build a draft with four parts:
1. Calendar, day by day
2. Meals: five dinners, simple ones on busy nights
3. School items, with due dates
4. Errands

Flag any time conflicts. Use only what I gave you. Do not guess.
Call the people Parent 1, Parent 2, Kid 1 and Kid 2.

This week:
[paste here. Leave out children’s names, ages and school names.]

Setup steps

Once a week, gather the week’s calendar items, school messages and errands in one note.
Remove children’s names, ages and school names.
Copy the starter prompt and paste the note at the bottom.
Check every entry, then add the approved ones to your shared calendar yourself.

Difficulty: EasySetup time (estimate): 20 to 40 minutesWhat you need: an AI chat tool you already use

If we set it up for you

Where it reads from: A calendar you approve, if it can be connected. School notices and team messages are forwarded.
When it runs: Once a week on the day you pick, plus any time you start it.
What you get: A draft plan for the week, any conflicts and draft replies.
What you check: A parent checks the dates, changes and recipients before updating the calendar or replying.

Try the Weekly Reset sample →

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School email digest

Difficulty: EasySetup time (estimate): 10 to 20 minutes

The problem

The one date that matters is buried in a long school email.

How it gets done today

You read every message top to bottom and hope you caught it.

The AI approach

You paste the week’s school emails into an AI chat tool. It pulls out the dates, the things to bring or sign, and the schedule changes. You check them against the emails.

What you need

An AI chat tool you already use. You paste the text in yourself, so nothing gets connected to your accounts.

Setup steps

Copy the text of this week’s school emails into one note.
Remove children’s names, ages and school names.
Copy the starter prompt and paste the note at the bottom.
Check each date against the original email before it goes on your calendar.

Starter prompt

Below are school emails from this week.

Pull out three things:
1. Dates and deadlines
2. Things to bring or sign
3. Schedule changes

One line each, soonest first. Skip fundraising unless it has a deadline.
Use only what is in the emails. Do not guess.

Emails:
[paste the text here. Leave out children’s names, ages and school names.]

What you check

Every date, against the original email.

What comes back

Wednesday: Library books due. Friday: Permission slip due, signed. Schedule change: Early release next Monday at 1:00.

Meal plan and grocery list

Difficulty: EasySetup time (estimate): 10 to 20 minutes

The problem

Deciding what’s for dinner happens at 5:30, five nights a week.

How it gets done today

You plan in your head, forget an ingredient and make a second trip.

The AI approach

Once a week you tell an AI chat tool your busy nights and what you have on hand. It drafts five dinners and one grocery list. You check it before you shop.

What you need

An AI chat tool you already use. You paste the text in yourself, so nothing gets connected to your accounts.

Setup steps

Note your busy nights and what is already in the kitchen.
Copy the starter prompt and fill in the brackets.
Swap out any dinner your family won’t eat.
If anyone has an allergy, check every ingredient yourself.

Starter prompt

Plan five dinners for this week.

Busy nights: [days]. On those nights, keep dinner under 30 minutes.
We don’t eat: [list]
We already have: [list]

Give me the five dinners, one line each.
Then give me one grocery list, grouped by store section.
Leave out what we already have.

What you check

The whole plan. Every ingredient, if anyone has an allergy.

What comes back

Monday (busy): Sheet pan chicken and vegetables. Tuesday: Pasta with meat sauce. Produce: broccoli, onions, garlic. Meat: chicken thighs, ground beef.

The samples on this page are made up to show the format. Every time figure is an estimate. AI makes mistakes, so each playbook says what you need to check.

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