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Build a household job rota you can see on the fridge
Jobs live in one person's head. Get a simple rota sheet for a week, with who does what and a swap rule.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me build a household job rota. People in the home: [names, ages if kids] Jobs that need doing weekly: [list] Jobs that are daily: [list] Non-negotiables: [e.g. I won't do bins] What failed before: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A week rota with names against jobs. 2. A Google Sheets or paper layout. 3. A swap rule when someone's away. 4. A Sunday five-minute reset. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. names, ages if kids: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Help me build a household job rota. People in the home: [names, ages if kids] Jobs that need doing weekly: [list] Jobs that are daily: [list] Non-negotiables: [e.g. I won't do bins] What failed before: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A week rota with names against jobs. 2. A Google Sheets or paper layout. 3. A swap rule when someone's away. 4. A Sunday five-minute reset. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. UK English. Keep the household rota as a table so I can use Export to Sheets. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. names, ages if kids: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You list jobs, people and rough times.
The assistant asks about ages of kids and non-negotiables.
You get a week rota, a sheet layout and a fair-swap rule.
What happens
Use Gemini to build a household job rota you can see on the fridge
Jobs live in one person's head. Get a simple rota sheet for a week, with who does what and a swap rule.
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