Free · Family Ecosystems toolkit
Build your own Family HQ
A free copy-and-paste prompt that turns your family's chaos into one calm page that every caregiver can open. If you can fill in blanks, you can do this.
Free. No sign-up. Works with Gemini (free), Canva Code, DeepSeek, or any AI chat that can write a web page.
Three steps
- 1.
Open your AI tool
Easiest is Gemini at gemini.google.com with any free Google account.
- 2.
Copy, fill in the blanks, press send
Replace every highlighted [bracket] with your own details. The examples inside show you what to write.
- 3.
Save the page it builds
Copy the code it gives you, paste it into Notepad (or Notes), and save it as Family-HQ.html. Open it on your phone or computer.
What you will get
One page with a colour-coded Master Week, a card for each child, a helper sheet in plain sentences, key dates and the lunch plan. Everyone opens the same thing.
Mon
Piano 4pm
Lunch: pack
Tue
—
Lunch: order
Wed
Swim 5pm
Lunch: pack
Thu
Soccer 4:30
Lunch: order
Fri
—
Lunch: pack
The prompt
Copy everything below into Gemini. Replace each [bracket] with your own details.
START:
I am not a tech person, so please keep everything simple and friendly, with no jargon.
Please build me a "Family HQ": a one-page website that shows my family's weekly schedule in one place. Create it as ONE complete HTML file with all the styling built in (no outside links or libraries), so I can save it and open it on my phone or computer.
Below is my family's information. Anything I left blank or wrote "none", please skip or make a sensible guess, and do not ask me lots of questions first.ABOUT MY FAMILY: (Replace each [bracket] with your own details. Delete any line that does not apply. First names only is fine.) Adults: [first names, e.g. Mia and Daniel] Child 1: [name, age or grade, school - e.g. Leo, Grade 2, Sunrise Primary School] Child 2: [name, age or grade, school - or write "none"] Helper or caregiver: [name and days they work - e.g. Auntie Rosa, Monday to Friday 8am-6pm - or "none"] Grandparents or other family helping: [e.g. Grandma picks up on Fridays - or "none"]
OUR WEEKLY ROUTINE: School hours and who does drop-off / pick-up: [e.g. Leo: school 8:30am-3:15pm. Mia drops off, Rosa picks up] Activities for each child: [e.g. Leo: Monday piano 4pm, Wednesday swimming 5pm, Saturday soccer 10am] Adults' fixed commitments: [e.g. Daniel works late on Thursdays, Mia has yoga on Tuesday 7pm] Lunches: [e.g. Leo takes a packed lunch Mon/Wed/Fri, school lunch Tue/Thu] Anything the helper must remember every day: [e.g. water bottle in the bag, homework folder signed]
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Add school holidays, special events and appointments: [e.g. Oct 14 - school closed (teacher day), Oct 31 - Halloween parade, Dec 20 to Jan 3 - winter break]WHAT THE PAGE SHOULD CONTAIN: 1. A friendly title at the top, like "The [Family Nickname or Initial] Family HQ": [your family name] 2. "Master Week": a Monday-to-Friday grid showing everyone's day at a glance, with each child in their own colour. 3. One card for each child with a simple timeline of their day. 4. A "Helper Sheet" written in short, clear sentences that someone new could follow without any extra explanation. 5. "Key Dates": a colour-coded list of the dates I gave above. 6. A lunch plan showing which days are packed and which are ordered.
LOOK AND FEEL: Colours I like: [e.g. soft blue and warm yellow / calm greens / pastel pink and grey] Style: warm and calm, rounded cards, large easy-to-read text, a menu that stays at the top so I can jump to each section. It must look good on a phone screen first, then on a computer.
WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED:
1. Give me the complete HTML code in one block that I can copy.
2. Then explain in 4 simple steps how to save it as a file (for example, "Family-HQ.html") and open it on my phone.
3. Finally, tell me 3 easy things I can type to change it later (for example, "make the text bigger" or "add a section for grandparents").Charming Pau, BCBA · @charmingbcba. This is a general organizing tool for families, not clinical advice. Please do not enter your children's full names or other identifying details into any AI tool.