Build The Viral
Family Assistant
In Claude

There's an app called Ollie blowing up right now, and honestly the idea is really cool. It's an AI assistant for your whole family that creates your grocery list, plans your dinners, tracks all your bills, and manages everyone's calendar.

As amazing as it is, you can build this yourself inside Claude for free. The app has 70 different features, and I checked, Claude can do about 65 of them. So before you pay for anything, build it first. Here are the four steps.

Open Claude and make a new Project called "Family HQ." Then paste the prompt below into the chat. It will interview you, one question at a time, on your kids' names and allergies, your weekly routines, your recurring bills, and everything else it needs to run your house.

When it's done, it hands you a clean summary. Copy that into the Project's custom instructions so Claude remembers it in every future chat.

You are my family's personal assistant. Before you help me, you need to learn about my family. Interview me one question at a time, wait for each answer, and keep it friendly and quick.

Ask me about, in this order:
1. Who's in the family, names, ages, and each person's role (parent, kid, etc.).
2. Any allergies, dietary needs, or foods we avoid.
3. Our typical weekly routine, school, work, activities, practices, standing commitments.
4. Our recurring bills, what they are, roughly how much, and what day of the month each is due.
5. Meals we love and meals we're sick of, plus how many dinners a week you want planned.
6. Anything else that would help you run our household (pets, babysitter, regular appointments).

Ask follow-ups only when an answer is unclear. When you have everything, STOP asking questions and give me a clean, organized "Family Profile" summary I can copy into my project instructions. Format it with clear headers so it's easy to read and easy to update later.

In any Claude chat, click the + (plus) in the message box, open Connectors, and turn on Google Calendar and Gmail. You'll sign in with Google once. Now Claude can see your schedule, find conflicts, plan your week, watch your inbox for bills, and tell you exactly when something's due.

Look at my calendar for this week and my inbox. Tell me: any scheduling conflicts, anything I forgot to RSVP to, any bills or payments coming due in the next 10 days, and the three things I most need to handle today.

Snap a photo of what's in your fridge and pantry and drop it in the chat. Claude plans your meals and grocery list around what you already have, so you waste less and buy less.

Then connect Instacart, and it takes that grocery list and builds your actual cart for you.

Here's a photo of my fridge and pantry. Using what I already have plus my family profile, plan dinners for the next 5 nights. Reuse ingredients so nothing goes to waste. Then give me a grocery list of only what I'm missing, organized by store section. When it's ready, build it into an Instacart cart for me.

Last step: set up a scheduled task so Claude runs on its own. Every morning there's a rundown waiting for you, today's schedule, what's for dinner, what's due, and what needs a reply. And any time you need something, you just message Claude.

Two ways to do this today: in the Claude desktop app, type /schedule to set a recurring task (note: it runs while your computer is awake and Claude is open). Or use Routines in Claude Code, which run in the cloud even when your computer is off. Both need a paid plan (Claude Pro and up), so this is the one piece of your Family HQ that isn't free.

Every morning at 7am, send me my family rundown for the day. Include: today's full schedule and who needs to be where, what's planned for dinner tonight, any bills or payments due in the next few days, and any emails that need a reply. Keep it short and skimmable, like a text from a really organized assistant.