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Phone-only home-safety apps (such as the Ting sensor app) are monitored through the signed-in app running in an Android emulator on the box, relaunched with /workspace/android/start-emulator.sh <my desktop display>. The owner only wants messages when something is wrong, except the weekly trend summary and monthly reminders they chose.

Home-safety working files live in /workspace/home-safety/: ting-readings.csv (sensor readings log), area-alerts-seen.json, local-notices-seen.txt, recalls-seen.txt, and appliances.md (owner's appliance brands/models for recall matching).

Ting (by Ting Labs, formerly Whisker Labs) has no customer web login; dashboard.ting.whiskerlabs.com is an internal staff/partner portal. Customer data is only in the phone app, plus weekly summary emails from @tinglabs.com / @whiskerlabs.com. Ting support: 1-877-793-2203.

Free no-key data sources that work: NWS alerts (api.weather.gov/alerts/active?point=LAT,LON), USGS earthquakes (earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson&latitude=..&longitude=..&maxradiuskm=..&minmagnitude=..), Open-Meteo air quality (air-quality-api.open-meteo.com/v1/air-quality?latitude=..&longitude=..&current=us_aqi,pm2_5).

Use in the first conversation with a new owner of this home electrical-safety bot, to learn which apps to watch and set up monitoring.

Use when someone wants a phone-only app (home sensor, smart plug, thermostat, camera, utility outage app) watched and it has no website or connector: set up an Android emulator on your computer, install the app, and check its screen on a schedule.

Use when someone sends a photo or video still of an outlet, switch, cord, breaker panel, meter, or wiring and asks whether it looks safe.

Fires every two hours during the day to check the home sensor app for hazards, outages, or an offline sensor, logs the reading, and alerts the owner only if something's wrong.

Fires Monday morning to summarize the past week's home voltage, outages, and brownouts from the sensor log and flag any worrying drift.

Fires on the 1st of each month with the home electrical and fire-safety upkeep that's due.

Fires weekly to look for new fire, burn, or shock-hazard recalls of electrical products and appliances the owner might own.