All ideasMore in Family
Family

Read my three kids' school digests and only tell me what matters

With three kids at three different schools, Kranda gets a ParentSquare digest for each. Every weekday at 8:53am the AI opens every digest, reads the full text, and sends him only what matters for his kids; on days when nothing is important, he hears nothing at all.

How it works

  1. Open every ParentSquare digest at 8:53am on weekdays
  2. Read the full text
  3. Extract only items relevant to his three kids
  4. Send the recap, or stay silent if nothing matters

Why it’s worth knowing

The design choice that makes it work is silence: with three schools emailing daily, the agent's most valuable output most days is saying nothing at all.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on jaykranda.com. See the original ↗

Upgraded prompt

A ready-to-use prompt for this idea, built from research on what makes AI agents do the job right: who the AI should be, the exact steps, and a check to make sure it was done the way you wanted.

1Who the AI should be
2The prompt, with the steps
3The check when it’s done
Upgraded prompts are coming soon.

Try next

FamilyThe AI found summer camps for my 5 year old. We went with three.FamilyCompare festival rentals, and flag which walk home is unlitFamilyThe AI runs the school admin for my four kidsFamilyTrack replies to nine class inquiry emails and watch them daily

Every idea is a real post from someone who tried it, summarized in our words, with a link to the original. App names are swapped for plain words.