✦ The Family OS Automation Kit

Stop managing your family
from your head.

The templates get your routines and meals on paper. The Automation Kit is the layer that makes them run themselves — your phone sends the reminders, pulls up the lists, and texts the schedule, on autopilot. No coding, no new apps, just your existing tools finally working together.

15+proven automations
2–3 hrsmental load saved per week
3–20 minsetup each, no coding
Get the Automation Kit, $29 See what's inside
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Cassie Douglas Co-Founder, The Family OS
15+Automations included
0New apps to install
$0Ongoing subscriptions
Week 1Start seeing results
What's inside

Every automation your
household actually needs

Five complete modules covering the tools already on your iPhone and in your Google account. Step-by-step walkthroughs with screenshots.

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iPhone Shortcuts

AI recipe capture, recipe to grocery list, the daily schedule text, location arrival alerts, and spoken before you leave reminders. Four come as iCloud links you install in one tap and point at your own lists and calendars. The arrival alert lives in iPhone settings, so that one is a short guided setup. Every shortcut also has its build written out step by step.

5 Shortcuts
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Google Calendar Setups

Shared family calendar structure, recurring reminder templates, and event automation rules that keep everyone in sync without group chats.

4 Setups
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Apple Reminders Frameworks

Smart lists for recurring household tasks, location-triggered reminders, and delegation workflows that actually get checked off.

3 Frameworks
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Focus Mode Configs

Parent-specific Focus Modes for school drop-off, work hours, family dinner, and bedtime. Reduce interruptions without going dark.

4 Configs
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Troubleshooting Guide

The 12 most common setup problems and exactly how to fix them. Plus tips for getting kids and partners to actually use the shared systems.

Full Guide
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Bonus: The Phased Rollout Plan

A week-by-week guide so you're not implementing everything at once. Start with the highest-impact automations and build from there.

Free with Kit
See it working

Pick meals. The grocery
list builds itself.

One of the five shortcuts, running for real. Choose the week's recipes from your saved list, and the groceries land in Reminders, sorted by aisle.

A real screen recording from Cassie's phone. Three moments cut together, nothing sped up, nothing mocked up.

Before you buy

What you need, and what you don't

An iPhone with the Shortcuts app that came with it, on iOS 17 or newer. The two AI recipe shortcuts run on Apple Intelligence, so they need an iPhone that supports it, iPhone 15 Pro or newer. Everything else in the kit works on any iPhone. The calendar setups work with Google or Apple Calendar.

You do not need a Claude, ChatGPT, or any other AI account. No new apps, no subscription, nothing that renews. The kit arrives as one PDF by email. Shortcuts with a link install in one tap, and every shortcut has its build written out step by step if you would rather make it yourself or change how it works. The shortcuts are iPhone only. There is no Android version, and I would rather say that here than after you have paid.

The rollout plan

You don't have to do it all at once

Each automation is 3–20 minutes to set up. The phased plan tells you which to tackle first for maximum impact, minimum overwhelm.

W1
Week 1, Foundation

Shared calendar + morning Shortcut

Get everyone on the same calendar structure and set up your first Shortcut. These two automations eliminate the most common daily friction points immediately.

W2
Weeks 2–3: High-Impact Shortcuts

Grocery, pickup alerts & Focus Modes

Add location-triggered grocery reminders, after-school pickup notifications, and parent Focus Modes for the three times of day that cause the most interruptions.

W4
Week 4+, Full Automation

Reminders frameworks & delegation

Build out the Reminders system for recurring tasks, configure delegation workflows, and fine-tune any automations based on how your household actually runs.

Mom relaxed at kitchen table with coffee, the result of running household automations
From parents who've set it up

The mental load shift is real

These are the workflows Cassie runs in her own household of 7. They work because they're built around tools parents already have, not new apps to manage.

“Got it working, and I appreciate you so much. This is such a genius product.”
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Caitlyn Set up the Automation Kit
“I came across this at 1:46 am. I have been up for the last two hours, my brain on replay of what needs to get done, who has to go where and do what. This will be like my pocket assistant, giving me room to breathe.”
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Satima Found The Family OS on TikTok

Haven't read the Implementation Guide yet? Start with the $9.99 Implementation Guide, the complete system guide that covers the why behind all of this.

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