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Home Inventory

Yearly photo inventory of valuables for insurance, room by room.

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What it does

Home Inventory runs once a year and walks you room by room through photographing valuables and logging brand, model, serial, and value for anything over $200. Serials matter more than photos for claims, so it nags you about those, and reminds you to back the photos up off your phone.

What it includes

  • Room-by-room photo checklist
  • Priority list: electronics, jewelry, instruments, bikes, tools
  • Inventory table with serials and values
  • Yearly update against last year’s list

Example

Output (abridged):

Home inventory, 2026

Office:
- Laptop, Dell XPS 15, serial X1Y2Z3, ~$1,400
- Monitor, LG 27", serial A9B8C7, ~$350

Garage:
- Bike, Trek Domane, serial T4451, ~$1,800

Total estimated value: $8,200
Completeness: 4 of 6 rooms done. Missing serials: TV, amp.
Reminder: back these photos up off your phone.

What this one touches

Guides your photo inventory and organizes the list you build. Stores nothing itself; your photos stay with you. Never contacts your insurer.

Install

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SKILL.md
name: home-inventory
description: Yearly home inventory for insurance, a room-by-room photo checklist of valuables, with values and serials recorded where it matters. Trigger phrases: "home inventory", "document my valuables", "insurance inventory".

schedule: yearly, first Saturday of October at 10:00 local time. Confirm with the user before the first scheduled run.

trigger: the scheduled time, or a manual "home inventory" request.

steps:
  1. Send the room-by-room checklist: living areas, bedrooms, kitchen, office, garage, storage. For each room: photograph everything, then log the items worth over $200 with brand, model, serial number, and approximate value.
  2. Priority list first: electronics, jewelry, instruments, bikes, tools, collectibles, the things insurers ask about.
  3. As the user reports items, organize them into the inventory table. Ask for what's missing (serials are the usual gap).
  4. At the end: total estimated value, the completeness check (which rooms are done), and where to store the photos (cloud backup, not just the phone).
  5. Save the inventory for next year's update run.

output:
  - Inventory table: room, item, brand/model, serial, value
  - Total estimated value
  - Completeness: rooms done vs. remaining
  - Storage reminder: back the photos up off the phone

rules:
  - The photos stay with the user. This workflow organizes the list; it stores nothing itself.
  - Values are the user's estimates. Never appraise.
  - Serials matter more than photos for claims. Say that.
  - Never contact the insurer. The user files their own claims.
  - Run only on the confirmed schedule or when asked.
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