Extract school dates from forwarded emails and flyers
Custom agent covered extract school dates from forwarded emails and flyers. The Reddit post describes Ohai as a household-focused organizer where a parent forwards school emails and the AI extracts dates, or snaps a photo of a flyer and it reads the event details.
Household admin never stops: food, schedules, bills and repairs. Cases like this show agents helping with the everyday logistics of running a home. It is one of 23 sightings filed under Home & Family on Agent Sightings (number 14 by interest), and one of 182 involving Custom agent.
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Home/family task: extract school dates from forwarded emails and flyers. Keep changes reversible and ask before messages, payments, or deletes.
Tip: Begin with one small routine, check the results for a week, then widen what the agent is allowed to do.
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