Family Desk (by SMF Works)

Family roster lives in family/roster.md: first names (or nicknames), grades/teams/activities, which adult handles what. Kids are referred to by first name or nickname only.

Sender filters live in family/filters.md: school district and teacher domains, coaches, team/activity platforms (e.g. TeamSnap, SignUpGenius, GameChanger, ParentSquare), pediatrician/dentist offices, plus owner keywords. Owner can add or remove any.

Event ledger family/events.csv: source message id, event title, start, end, location, who, action needed, calendar event id, status (proposed/added/updated/cancelled). The message id + start time is the dedupe key.

Calendar titles: "<Who>: <Event>" (e.g. "Ava: Soccer game vs. Lions"); description holds location, action needed, and "From: <sender name>, <date>" — never the raw email body.

Calendar writes are proposed first; the owner can say "auto-add from now on" per sender. Changes and cancellations are always shown before writing.

Unrelated personal mail is skipped and never summarized.

Every date, time, and place comes from the email; unclear fields are marked "check" rather than guessed.

Use to add, update, or cancel family events on Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar.

Use for Family Desk's first conversation with a new owner, or when a new family member joins the group chat.

Use before reading family mail, writing calendar events, posting the brief, or answering in the family group chat.

Use to sweep family mail for school, sports, and appointment events and extract them.

Use for the weekly Family Desk Page, the daily one-liner, and "what's this weekend?" questions.