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By location
Nightstand / Bedroom
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Morning Manifest | One sentence: the one thing on your calendar that matters most today |
| Lights Out Debrief | Voice-dump everything on your mind; organized into actionable items by morning |
| Tomorrow’s Weather Whisper | Only speaks if weather demands action: “You’ll want a coat” |
| Bedtime Story Engine | Serialized adventure for kids, remembers where it left off |
| Midnight Worry Jar | Captures anxious 2 AM thoughts, reframes as calm to-dos by breakfast |
| Gratitude Fade-Out | One good thing from today, ambient tone, silence. 15-second ritual. |
| Morning Body Check | ”How are you feeling?” every morning. One word. Patterns after a month. |
| Dream Catcher | Transcribes sleep-talking, builds dream journal with recurring themes |
| Sleep Debt Tracker | Logs bed/wake times, weekly report on target gap |
| Power Nap Coach | Optimal wake point, transition sounds, prevents deep sleep |
Living Room (Couple)
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Settle It | Game-show ruling with sound effects for trivial disagreements |
| Movie Matchmaker | Each secretly states mood, speaker threads the needle without revealing preferences |
| Dinner Decider | One confident suggestion based on recent meals, preferences, and season |
| Couple’s Trivia | Pub quiz for two, running all-time scoreboard across weeks |
| The Argument Cooldown | Detects heated voices, waits for pause, interjects with something disarming |
| Weekend Planner | Friday evening, single activity pitch based on weather + interests + local events |
| Guest Mode | Unfamiliar voices → suppresses personal notifications, switches to party behaviors |
| Anniversary Vault | Silently captures inside jokes, laughter, heartfelt moments. Compiles for anniversary. |
| Background Narrator | Narrates mundane activities in nature-documentary or sports-broadcast style |
Kitchen
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Recipe Walkthrough | Hands-free, pace-adaptive step-by-step with “next” and “repeat” |
| Grocery List Builder | Overhears “we’re out of milk” and silently adds to list |
| Cooking Timer Orchestrator | Multiple named timers running simultaneously |
| Kitchen Radio DJ | Plays music + gives brief news/weather during natural breaks |
| Sous Chef Advisor | ”Can I substitute X for Y?” Quick one-shot answers |
Conference Room
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Decision Logger | Extracts only decisions from discussion noise into a clean list |
| Action Item Extractor | Detects task assignments: owner + task + deadline |
| Meeting Recap | 5-sentence executive summary within 60 seconds of meeting end |
| Who Talked Most | Speaking time per person via diarization |
| Pre-Meeting Briefer | 15-second recap of last meeting’s decisions and outstanding items |
| Follow-Up Drafter | Drafts post-meeting email with summary + action items + next steps |
| Agenda Enforcer | Gentle chime when group drifts off-topic or overspends time |
| Cross-Meeting Intelligence | Connects dots across different meetings in the same week |
College Dorm
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Study Pomodoro Coach | 25 min focus, break with fun fact, weekly study-hours log |
| Exam Countdown | Daily casual drop: how many days until next exam |
| Cram Session Quiz Master | Infinite rapid-fire quiz adapting to weak spots |
| Budget Buddy | Logs every spending mention, Sunday weekly total with categories |
| Wake Up Enforcer | Adapts aggression to class importance. Reads assignments if you keep snoozing. |
| Roommate Mediator | Tracks shared responsibilities, produces fairness log |
Home Office
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Focus Guardian | Blocks interruptions during deep work, only surfaces urgent items |
| Standup Generator | Summarizes what you worked on yesterday from ambient context |
| Meeting Prep Briefer | Before each call, reads attendee context and last-interaction notes |
| End-of-Day Wrap | ”Here’s what you did today” summary from overheard context |
Car / Commute
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Commute Debrief | Processes the day on the drive home, captures what went well |
| Hands-Free Messenger | ”Tell Sarah I’m 10 minutes out” with zero screen interaction |
| Traffic-Aware ETA | Proactively updates ETA as conditions change without being asked |
| Errand Optimizer | Knows your to-do list + route, suggests optimal stop order |
By user
Kids (ages 5–12)
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Homework Helper | Walks through problems step by step without giving the answer |
| Would You Rather | Endless escalating scenarios, remembers which got biggest laughs |
| Animal Expert | Any animal → 3 mind-blowing facts → “want another or pick a new animal?” |
| Story Builder | Collaborative choose-your-own-adventure with AI as wildcard narrator |
| Spelling Bee Coach | Gives word, uses in sentence, tracks mastery across sessions |
| Mystery Detective | Short mystery scene, kid asks yes/no questions to solve the case |
Kids games (ages 8–10)
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Boss Battle Trivia | Correct answers deal damage to bosses. Wrong = boss attacks. Loot drops. |
| Monster Collector | Correct answers catch randomly generated monsters. Common to legendary rarity. |
| Speed Round | 3-second timer, dramatic streak counter, sports-commentator scoring |
| Dungeon Crawler | Persistent character, levels up across days, permadeath = real stakes |
| Conspiracy Board | One new clue per day. Solve the week-long mystery. |
Parents
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Baby Sleep Tracker | Logs sleep/wake cycles from ambient audio, surfaces patterns |
| Toddler Vocabulary Tracker | Maps language development against milestones, flags potential delays |
| Family Calendar Sync | ”Does anyone have anything Thursday?” checks all family calendars |
| Bedtime Routine Manager | Guides kids through brush teeth → story → lights out sequence |
Elderly users
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Medication Reminder | Gentle, persistent, logs whether confirmation was given |
| Cognitive Wellness Check | Tracks word-finding difficulty and repetition over months |
| Family Connection | ”Call your daughter” with simplified voice dialing |
| Daily Companion | Morning greeting, weather, news headlines, gentle check-in. Combats isolation. |
Professionals
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Executive Brief | Morning synthesis of calendar, market moves, key emails, team updates |
| Sales Call Scorer | Post-call analysis of talk ratio, question quality, objection handling |
| Client Meeting Debrief | After client leaves: “What did we learn? What do we owe them?” |
By use case
Health & wellness
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Mood Logger | Daily one-word check-in. Monthly patterns. Seasonal insights. |
| Guided Meditation Selector | Picks meditation from API based on time, mood, stress level |
| Breathing Exercise Coach | Guided box breathing, 4-7-8, Wim Hof with voice timing |
| Symptom Tracker | Logs mentions of how you feel. “You’ve mentioned headaches 4 times this week.” |
| Voice Health Scanner | Detects micro-changes in pitch, pace, breathiness → early-illness detection |
Productivity
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Inbox Zero Coach | Reads email subjects, you triage by voice: “delete, reply later, urgent” |
| Voice-to-Task | ”Remind me to call the plumber Thursday” → creates task in Todoist/Asana |
| Weekly Review | Friday afternoon: what you accomplished, what carried over, what’s next week |
| Voice Notes to Structured Docs | Rambling voice input → organized markdown/PDF output |
Finance
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Portfolio Pulse | Morning one-liner: how your investments moved overnight |
| Spending Tracker | Logs every mentioned purchase. Sunday summary with categories. |
| Trending Stocks | What retail traders are buzzing about. Top movers. Unusual volume. |
| Bank Balance Reality Check | ”Can I afford that?” → pulls actual balance + upcoming bills |
Entertainment
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Song of the Day | Summarizes mood + events, sends to Suno API, generates unique song about YOUR day |
| Movie/Show Recommender | Learns taste over weeks, factors in mood, who’s in the room, time of day |
| Live Sports Companion | Score updates, key plays, proactive alerts when it gets close |
| Spotify Time Machine | ”What was I listening to a year ago today?” → nostalgia playlist |
Shopping & logistics
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Price Watcher | ”Watch that TV on Amazon” → monitors → announces when price drops |
| Grocery Auto-Order | List builds passively from kitchen mentions → sends order for confirmation |
| Package Tracker | ”Where’s my stuff?” → consolidates all deliveries, proactive delay alerts |
| Gift Idea Collector | Logs when family mentions wanting something. Surfaces list before holidays. |
Smart home & IoT
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Scene Controller | ”Movie time” → dims lights, sets thermostat, closes blinds, starts media |
| Morning Routine | ”Good morning” triggers lights, coffee, weather, calendar in sequence |
| Security Check | ”Is the house locked up?” → checks all locks, cameras, alarm status |
Always-on and Watcher
Abilities that run as Background Daemons — no wake word, continuous monitoring.| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Life Logger | Always-on ambient capture, daily summaries to dashboard |
| Baby Monitor Plus | Detects crying, unusual silence, sleep breathing. Alerts phone. |
| Meeting Scribe | Auto-starts when 3+ voices heard, writes notes until silence |
| Daily To-Do Compiler | Catches all “I need to…” mentions → to-do list by evening |
| Gratitude Harvester | Catches positive statements all day, weekly gratitude list |
| Dream Recorder | Captures sleep-talking, builds journal without lifting a finger |
| Profanity Jar | Beeps on bad words. Running tally. Weekly fine announcement. |
Hot-mic and Deepgram showcase
Abilities that use raw mic access + Deepgram:| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Meeting Notes | Records the meeting, diarizes via Deepgram, returns speaker-labeled notes |
| Interview Recorder | Records full interview. Q&A transcript, key quotes, candidate summary |
| Argument Referee | Neutral diarized summary: “Speaker A’s main point was X. Speaker B’s was Y.” |
| Language Practice Partner | Records you in target language, flags low-confidence words for pronunciation |
| Public Speaking Coach | Pace, filler words, sentence variation → coaching notes |
| Dog Bark Detector | Classifies barking frequency and timing. “Buddy barked 12 times, mostly 2–3 PM.” |
| Doorbell Detector | Percussive audio events. No smart doorbell needed. |
| Appliance Sound Monitor | Listens for buzzers — laundry, oven, dishwasher done signals |
| Glass Break / Alarm Detector | High-energy audio events, optionally sends WebSocket alert |
| Song ID | Records short ambient clip → music recognition API → title + artist |
| Noise Level Monitor | Analyzes raw PCM amplitude. No API needed. Reports spikes. |
Creative & maker
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Beat Maker | Describe a vibe, AI generates beat via audio API for freestyle |
| Sound Effect Studio | ”Spaceship landing sound” → ElevenLabs SFX API generates it |
| Writing Prompt | Daily creative prompt tailored to genre and current project |
| Remix My Day | Transcript of your day → generates lo-fi ambient track from it |
| Mood Playlist | Detects mood from voice, generates Spotify playlist to match |
Niche & weird
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
| Wine Pairing | Describe dinner, AI suggests wine from sommelier API |
| Dad Joke Engine | Endless supply, progressively worse, groan-tracking scoreboard |
| Plant Care | ”How often water my fiddle leaf fig?” + scheduled reminders |
| Hot Take Generator | Spicy opinion generated, group debates, AI judges |
| Life Narrator | Morgan Freeman mode: narrates what you’re doing in real-time |
| Compliment Machine | Daily compliment on detection. Silly but surprisingly powerful. |
| Random Fact Cannon | Fires obscure fact at random meal times. Greatest-hits list. |
How to pick one
- Scan by your target location or user — which table fits?
- Pick one that makes you smile or solves a real pain
- Open How to Build an Ability
- Paste the row into an LLM along with the SDK Reference and ask for a scaffold
- Ship to the Marketplace when it works
The best Ability does something the LLM can’t, at a moment the user didn’t expect, with information accumulated over time, delivered in fewer words than expected.