Using the AI assistant

The assistant is a conversation, not a set of forms. Tell it what you need in plain language and it takes action: schedules events, builds lists, sends messages, looks things up, and answers from your own documents. It already knows who your family is.

Talking to the assistant

Open Chatand type. You don't need to phrase things carefully or use keywords. Be as casual as you would with a capable assistant. If a request is ambiguous, it asks a quick follow-up rather than guessing.

You can attach a photo or file to a message (or use the Addbutton), then ask about it: “here's the excursion form, add the dates”.

The Chat screen: channel and feature threads on the left, the conversation in the middle, and a composer with attach and voice buttons.

What it can do

A flavour of what people ask, all from one chat box:

“Find a free 2-hour slot for me and Emma next week”
“Remind Sophie about her maths test 24 hours before”
“Plan us four dinners this week using what we have”
“Summarise this YouTube video on toddler sleep”
“How much is mince at Woolworths vs Coles right now?”
“What's Emma's email and does she have WhatsApp?”

For the live-lookup powers (prices, weather, maps, web, travel) see Ask the world. For coordinating with people outside your family, see Event planning.

Voice input

Tap the microphonebutton next to the chat composer and just talk. Your speech is transcribed into the input field in real time using your browser's built-in speech recognition, ideal when you're cooking or driving. Review the text and send. On WhatsApp you can also send voice notes.

Voice input uses the browser's Web Speech API, so availability and accuracy depend on your browser. Chrome on desktop and Android works best.

The channel chats

There is no “new chat” button. Instead you have a small set of perpetual chats that run forever, listed in the chat sidebar:

Channels: web, whatsapp, and email. Every WhatsApp message you ever send lives in one WhatsApp thread; same for email. Web is your home chat.
Feature chats: calendar, notes, meals, budget, health, and social journal each have their own assistant thread, mirrored in the panel on those pages.

The assistant reads the recent part of the active thread plus a rolling summary of everything older, so it keeps context without you re-explaining.

Quote-reply

You can reply to a specific earlier message to pull it back into focus, even if it's scrolled well out of view. The quoted message is surfaced to the assistant so it knows exactly what you're referring to. This works across channels: a WhatsApp reply or an email reply threads back to the right message.

Finding past messages

The search box at the top of the chat sidebar runs a full-text search across all of your chats. Click a hit to jump straight to that message in the right thread. The assistant can search for you too, e.g. “what did the coach say about the carnival?”and it'll dig through your history.

How its memory works

KinLife keeps a persistent memory at two levels: per-family (shared context like each child's school, recurring commitments, dietary needs) and per-user (your own preferences). It draws on this in every conversation, so you don't re-explain your family each time.

Memory builds up automatically as you use the app, and you can view and edit it in Settings → Memory. See Settings & personalisation for how to shape the assistant's persona and tone.