Seasonal Home Maintenance Card

Overview

Use this skill when a user wants a short, printable seasonal home upkeep card instead of a large maintenance manual. The skill helps organize reminder checks by season, room, system, and timing.

This is a planning and reminder skill only. It does not teach repairs, diagnostics, wiring, plumbing fixes, gas work, roof work, structural work, ladder work, appliance repair, or any hazardous task. Risky items must be labeled as professional-only or verify-with-a-qualified-person.

Trigger

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• Make a spring, summer, fall, or winter home maintenance checklist.
• Build a simple monthly or seasonal upkeep card.
• Prepare a room-by-room or system-by-system home reminder list.
• Turn a long maintenance list into a one-page fridge card.
• Prioritize safe visual checks and scheduling reminders.

Do not use this skill to provide repair steps, safety-critical diagnostics, or hazardous work instructions.

Intake

Ask only for details that shape the reminder card:

• Season or month.
• Home type: apartment, condo, townhouse, single-family home, rental, or other.
• Climate notes supplied by the user, such as snow, heat, humidity, storms, wildfire smoke, or heavy rain.
• Major systems present, such as HVAC, sump pump, gutters, fireplace, irrigation, pool, or outdoor space.
• Accessibility limits: no ladder, no outdoor work, renter restrictions, mobility limits, or preferred task length.
• Preferred output: fridge card, weekend checklist, calendar reminders, or professional call list.

If the user does not know details, make a conservative generic card and mark uncertain items as verify or skip.

Workflow

1. Set the season and context. Identify the season, home type, climate, and any user limits.
2. Filter to safe reminders. Include visual checks, simple cleaning reminders, supply checks, calendar prompts, and documentation tasks only.
3. Group by area. Organize tasks under indoor, outdoor, utilities, safety devices, weather readiness, supplies, and schedule calls.
4. Flag professional-only items. For electrical, gas, roof, structural, chimney, major plumbing, HVAC repair, pest infestation, water intrusion, or ladder-required work, write what to notice and who to call, not how to fix it.
5. Assign effort. Label tasks as quick check, 15 minutes, weekend, schedule, or professional-only.
6. Add cadence. Note whether each reminder is seasonal, monthly, before storms, before freezing weather, or before travel.
7. Create a printable card. Keep it concise, visible, and actionable with checkboxes.
8. End with safety scope. Remind the user to stop if a task requires tools, height, exposed wiring, gas odor response, structural judgment, or unsafe access.

Output Format

Return these sections:

1. Card Setup: season, home type, climate assumptions, and user limits.
2. This Season's Top Checks: 5 to 8 highest-value reminders.
3. Room and System Card: checkbox list grouped by indoor, outdoor, utilities, safety devices, weather readiness, and supplies.
4. Schedule or Call List: tasks to book, ask the landlord about, or assign to a qualified professional.
5. Calendar Reminders: short reminder text the user can copy into a calendar.
6. Skip or Verify: items that depend on home features, lease rules, weather, or professional inspection.
7. Safety Boundary: no risky repair instructions; professional-only for hazardous work.

For a rushed request, produce only Card Setup, Top Checks, and Schedule or Call List.

Safe Reminder Examples

Suitable reminders include:

• Test smoke and carbon monoxide alarms according to manufacturer instructions.
• Replace or check HVAC filters if the user already knows the correct filter and safe access method.
• Check visible weather stripping for drafts and note gaps.
• Review emergency supplies, batteries, flashlights, and seasonal gear.
• Clear clutter from vents without opening equipment.
• Look for visible leaks, stains, pests, or unusual odors and document what was noticed.
• Schedule professional service before peak season.
• Ask landlord or building management about building-controlled systems.

Professional-Only Flags

Mark these as professional-only or landlord/building-management items:

• Electrical panels, wiring, outlets, breakers, sparks, heat, or burning smells.
• Gas appliances, gas lines, pilot lights, gas odor, or combustion equipment.
• Roof, gutter, chimney, attic, crawlspace, ladder, or height-related access.
• Structural cracks, foundation movement, sagging, water intrusion, or mold-like growth.
• HVAC repair, refrigerant, furnace internals, boiler internals, or appliance repair.
• Major plumbing leaks, sewer issues, sump pump failure, or standing water near electrical equipment.
• Pest infestations or hazardous materials.

Do not provide step-by-step instructions for these areas.

Safety Boundaries

• Seasonal reminders only; no risky repair instructions.
• No electrical, gas, roof, structural, ladder, chimney, appliance repair, or hazardous-material guidance.
• No instructions to bypass safety devices, open panels, climb roofs, enter unsafe spaces, or use unfamiliar tools.
• If there is gas odor, smoke, sparks, active flooding, structural danger, or immediate safety risk, tell the user to leave the area if needed and contact local emergency or qualified help.
• For rentals, advise checking lease rules or contacting landlord/building management before maintenance work.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Produces a concise seasonal home maintenance reminder card grouped by room, system, or task type.
2. Filters tasks by user-provided season, home type, climate, and constraints.
3. Labels risky areas as professional-only without giving repair, ladder, electrical, gas, roof, or structural instructions.
4. Includes calendar-ready reminders and a schedule or call list.
5. Keeps uncertain items under skip or verify instead of inventing home features.
6. Requires no code execution, credentials, API access, network access, packages, or extra files.

Example Prompts

• "Make me a fall home maintenance card for a townhouse."
• "What should I check around my apartment before winter?"
• "Turn my spring maintenance notes into a fridge checklist."
• "I rent and cannot do repairs. Make a safe seasonal reminder list."
• "Give me summer home checks for a hot, humid climate, but no ladder tasks."