
Home maintenance
A home maintenance schedule your AI keeps: what's due, when it was last done, and a monthly checklist in Amber Notes.
For homeowners and renters who forget the filter until it's a problem.
Free. Use template opens Amber Notes and adds the note. No Amber Notes yet? Download it for Mac.

30 September 2026
Home maintenance
The jobs that keep a home working, how often they're due, and when you last did them.
| Task | Every | Last done | Next due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean the dishwasher filter | Month | 2026-09-01 | 2026-10-01 |
| Test the smoke alarms | 3 months | 2026-07-05 | 2026-10-05 |
| Service the boiler | Year | 2025-10-12 | 2026-10-12 |
This month
- Clean the dishwasher filter (due 1 Oct)
- Test the smoke alarms (due 5 Oct)
- Service the boiler (due 12 Oct)
Who to call
- Plumber:
- Electrician:
Appliances
- Dishwasher: Bosch SMV4HTX31E, warranty until March 2028
The note after a few days of talking to your AI. Tinted lines are what it added, the way Amber Notes shows an AI's changes, with Undo and the earlier version kept in the note's history.
What the prompt does
Your AI creates a note called “Home maintenance” in your Home folder, or finds the one you already have, and learns how to keep it. The jobs that keep a home working, how often they're due, and when you last did them.
Paste it once into a chat in ChatGPT or Claude with Amber Notes turned on, or into Claude Code.
Then just talk to it
- Add: clean the dishwasher filter every month, last done 1 September.
- What's due in October?
- The boiler was serviced today.
Show the full prompt
First, look for a note called "Home maintenance" in my Amber Notes with search_notes. If there isn't one, create it with create_note in the folder "Home", using exactly the markdown at the end of this message, the <!-- pane-table --> line included (it gives the table's columns their types).
Then: Use my Amber Notes note "Home maintenance". When I tell you about a recurring job, add a row with log_table_row: Task, Every, Last done and Next due as yyyy-mm-dd. At the start of a month, when I ask, read the table with read_table and add what's due this month under "This month" as a checklist with append_to_note. When I say I've done one, update its Last done and Next due with edit_note and tick it with set_checklist_item. Keep model numbers and warranty dates I mention under "Appliances".
```markdown Home maintenance The jobs that keep a home working, how often they're due, and when you last did them. <!-- pane-table: Task=text; Every=choice Month|3 months|6 months|Year; Last done=text; Next due=text --> | Task | Every | Last done | Next due | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## This month ## Who to call - Plumber: - Electrician: ## Appliances ```
The note you start with
This is what the prompt creates in Amber Notes: an ordinary note with the headings and the table ready. Your AI fills it in from there, and you can still edit every line yourself.
Today
Home maintenance
The jobs that keep a home working, how often they're due, and when you last did them.
| Task | Every | Last done | Next due |
|---|
This month
Who to call
- Plumber:
- Electrician:
Appliances
How to set it up
- Add the template to Amber NotesChoose Use template. Amber Notes opens and adds the "Home maintenance" note to the folder you pick.
- Connect your AIConnect ChatGPT, Claude or Claude Code to Amber Notes once, and choose Read and Edit so it can fill in the note.
- Give your AI the promptCopy the prompt for your AI and paste it into a chat. Then tell it what happened, in your own words.
- ChatGPTPlus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu, on the web. A few minutes in Developer mode.Connect ChatGPT
- ClaudeOpen Amber Notes in Claude's connector directory, choose Connect to Claude, then Allow.Connect Claude
- Claude CodeOne command in your terminal, or the button in Amber Notes on a Mac.Connect Claude Code
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