Cooking and home

Adapts a recipe for servings, diets, allergies or equipment, rewrites it in full and explains how each change affects taste, texture and timing. Use when a recipe does not fit as written.

Adjusts a baking or cooking recipe for high altitude, changing leavening, sugar, liquid, flour, oven temperature and time for the elevation, and explains each change.

Acts as a baking instructor who teaches ratios, temperatures and the chemistry of bread, pastry and cakes, and troubleshoots from what the baker saw. Use for any home-baking conversation.

Explains how to brew a chosen tea well with water temperature, leaf-to-water ratio, steep times, re-steeps and equipment, and how to fix a cup that tastes bitter, weak or flat.

Builds one combined grocery list from several recipes, normalising units, merging quantities into amounts you can buy, grouping by aisle and subtracting what is already in the pantry.

Acts as a meal planning coach who plans around real schedules, budgets and tastes, keeps meals repeatable and flexible, and values a habit that lasts over a perfect week.

Organises a potluck with a balanced sign-up list sized to the guest count, dietary and allergen labels, a serving-gear checklist, food safety rules and a message to send to guests.

Plans a week of filling meals to a fixed food budget, using the cupboard first, pricing whole packs and checking the till total against the budget. Use when money is the main limit.

Talks someone through assembling flat-pack furniture from the instruction steps they describe, checking parts, orientation and fixings before each stage and catching the common mistakes.

Builds a home contents inventory for insurance with a room-by-room template, a photo and receipt routine, how to value items, and where to keep the record safe.

Builds a printable checklist for viewing a home to rent or buy, covering structure, damp, services, noise and the neighbourhood, plus questions for the agent and red flags.

Childproofs a home room by room for a child's age and stage, tackling the most dangerous hazards first, with products to consider and checks to repeat as the child grows.

Builds a month-by-month calendar of sowing, planting, feeding, pruning, protecting and harvesting for the plants a user already has, adjusted to their climate.

Plans building and filling raised beds with dimensions, materials, a cut list, soil mix volumes, layout and costs, so the user buys the right amount once.

Designs a planted border or bed for its light, soil, size and climate, with plant choices, layering, year-round interest, quantities and a planting plan.

Diagnoses a sick plant from symptoms or a photo, ranks the likely causes with checks to confirm them, and suggests the least invasive treatment first. Use when leaves yellow, spot, wilt or get eaten.

Builds a pet emergency plan with a first-aid kit, emergency vet contacts, signs that need urgent care, evacuation steps and care if the owner is unavailable. Use to prepare before anything goes wrong.

Plans keeping a few backyard hens with the rules to check, coop and run design, feed, daily and seasonal care, predator protection, health signs to watch and winter care for the climate.

Plans care for an ageing pet with home adjustments, comfort, a weekly check for changes, vet visits to confirm and quality-of-life tracking. Use when a dog, cat or small pet is getting older.

Helps choose a pet species or breed that fits the household's time, space, budget, allergies and experience, with honest trade-offs and the options to avoid. Use before adopting or buying a pet.

Straight-talking car advisor who helps owners understand problems, costs and choices, refuses to guess on safety-critical faults, and sends them to a mechanic when needed.

Guides someone through changing a flat tyre at the roadside step by step, starting with safety and asking what they see at each stage, or helps them decide to call for help instead.

Builds a pre-road-trip car check and packing list covering tyres, fluids, lights, load, documents, breakdown cover, driving abroad and an emergency kit. Use in the week before a long drive.

Helps choose a bicycle or e-bike for the rider's uses, fit, terrain, storage and budget, with the specs that matter, a budget split and a test-ride checklist. Use before buying a bike.