Find snack days and spirit days for each of three kids on school calendars with Gemini
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A parent of three kids with three school calendars and many 'special events' photographs each calendar and gives it to Gemini with context, e.g. find his son's snack day (16 nut-free snacks) and all spirit days, filter to only that child's events, then add them to Google Calendar with a reminder to bring the snacks.
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This is my son Luca's March calendar. Find his snack day, he needs 16 nut-free snacks - and all spirit days or events I need to know about.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Pull one child's events from a school calendar photo and add them to my calendar with reminders. Fill in before running: - Photo of the school calendar: [ATTACH] - Child's name and class: [NAME] - Things to watch for (snack day, spirit days, trips): [LIST] Rules: - List only this child's events; ignore other children's birthdays and snack days. - Show me the list before adding anything. - Add reminders the evening before for anything to bring or wear. - Ask about any date or event that's hard to read. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Repeat for each child separately so events don't get mixed up. Output: A confirmed list of events added to my calendar with reminders. You'll know it worked when: every event for my child is on the calendar with a reminder the night before. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Pull one child's events from a school calendar photo and add them to my calendar with reminders. Fill in before running: - Photo of the school calendar: [ATTACH] - Child's name and class: [NAME] - Things to watch for (snack day, spirit days, trips): [LIST] Rules: - List only this child's events; ignore other children's birthdays and snack days. - Show me the list before adding anything. - Add reminders the evening before for anything to bring or wear. - Ask about any date or event that's hard to read. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Repeat for each child separately so events don't get mixed up. Output: A confirmed list of events added to my calendar with reminders. You'll know it worked when: every event for my child is on the calendar with a reminder the night before. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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