Documentation Index
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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.
This catalog is organized so you can find relevant ideas fast — by room, by user, by use case, or by vibe. Every entry is a seed. Pick one, pass it to an LLM with the SDK Reference, and scaffold.
Working with an LLM? Copy any section below and paste it into Claude, Cursor, or the OpenHome CLI alongside the SDK Reference. The LLM has everything it needs to draft a working Ability.
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 |
| 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.
