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Merge kid activity flyers into one schedule with Claude Cowork

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Claude Cowork scans a kid-calendar folder of flyers and PDFs into one schedule and flags conflicts.

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Scan my kid-calendar folder of PDFs, photos, and notes for school events, sports, and lessons. Extract dates, times, and locations into one master schedule and flag any conflicts. Do not invent events that are not in the files.

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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Build one kids' schedule from the folder of notices and flag conflicts.

Questions to ask me first:
- Folder path and kids' names?
- Timezone and calendar to update?
- What counts as a conflict?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Folder: [PATH]
- Kids: [NAMES]
- Calendar: [FILE / GOOGLE]
- Conflict rule: [OVERLAP]

Rules:
- Only extract what the files show.
- Flag conflicts instead of silently dropping events.
- Keep source filename next to each event.
- I approve before any live calendar write.

Checkpoint: Show the extracted table before writing the master schedule.

If you get stuck: If a photo is unreadable, quote what you saw and ask.

Verify before you finish: Every event cites a source file; conflicts are listed.

Output: Master schedule plus a conflict list.

Done when: I can trust the week without hunting through backpack paper.

AI tool

Claude Cowork

Outcome

School events, sports, music lessons, email PDFs, WhatsApp messages, and paper backpack flyers land in a kid-calendar folder. Once a week Claude Cowork scans the folder, updates a master schedule with dates, times, and locations, and flags conflicts. The poster says it is imperfect but more reliable than trying to remember everything by hand.

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by Gregory Scott Henson
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https://www.indiehackers.com/post/claude-cowork-for-the-other-16-hours-756289413e

Context: Shares Indie Hackers sourceUrl with other household Cowork cases.

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