Family Calendar & Household Assistant

Overview

Transform OpenClaw into a home automation system that consolidates fragmented family calendars, monitors communications for actionable items, and manages household logistics through a shared interface. Get daily calendar summaries aggregated from all family sources, auto-create calendar events from appointment texts with travel buffers, and track household inventory via photos or text updates.

Benefits

• Unified calendar view across all family members and platforms
• Automatic calendar events from appointment confirmations in texts
• Smart grocery lists with ingredient deduplication
• Passive monitoring eliminates manual coordination tasks

Requirements

• Calendar APIs (Google Calendar, Apple Calendar via iCal)
• iMessage skill for message monitoring (macOS requirement)
• Telegram or Slack for family coordination channel
• File system access for inventory JSON storage

Technical Details

Uses calendar APIs for read/write access across platforms. iMessage integration monitors texts for appointment language and auto-creates events. Vision/OCR processes photos of school calendars and pantry contents. 15-minute heartbeat interval checks messages. Mac Mini recommended for always-on iMessage access.