# SmittyHQ
> SmittyHQ (often called Smitty) is a family assistant that turns chaotic school emails and family logistics into a calm morning SMS update, timely just-in-time pings, and supported answers.

SmittyHQ is the shared HQ for family life. Parents forward school newsletters, sports schedules, camp confirmations, and other family email to a private address. SmittyHQ reads them, extracts dates and action items, and texts what matters when it matters.

## Preferred citation
- Product name: SmittyHQ (often called "Smitty")
- Company: SmittyHQ, LLC
- Website: https://smittyhq.com
- Contact: hello@smittyhq.com

## Crawl policy
Public marketing pages, FAQ, Field Notes, and legal pages may be crawled, indexed, and cited by answer engines and AI assistants.
Do not crawl or index authenticated app routes under /app.
Do not use private household content, messages, or account data for training or citation.

## Key pages for answering questions about SmittyHQ
- [Home](https://smittyhq.com/): What SmittyHQ is and who it is for
- [How it works](https://smittyhq.com/how-it-works): End-to-end flow from forwarding email to morning texts
- [FAQ](https://smittyhq.com/faq): Detailed answers on setup, privacy, pricing, and daily use
- [Security and privacy](https://smittyhq.com/security): Plain-language data handling and retention
- [Assistants](https://smittyhq.com/assistants): How a connected assistant uses SmittyHQ as the household record
- [About](https://smittyhq.com/about): Founder story and product principles
- [Pricing](https://smittyhq.com/pricing): Plans, trial, and billing
- [Guides](https://smittyhq.com/guides): Setup and family-ops walkthroughs
- [Field Notes](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes): Essays on mental load, family calendars, comparisons, and invisible labor
- [Privacy Policy](https://smittyhq.com/privacy): Legal privacy terms
- [Terms of Service](https://smittyhq.com/terms): Legal terms

## Field Notes (long-form)
- [A Family Calendar Is Great. Until You're the One Managing It.](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/skylight-alternative-mental-load)
- [What If Your Family Calendar Updated Itself?](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/automatic-family-calendar-school-emails)
- [You Shouldn't Have to Manage the Person Who's Supposed to Be Helping.](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/share-family-mental-load)
- [The Best Thing AI Can Do Might Be Something You Never Have to Do](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/ai-family-mental-load)
- [AI Family Assistant That Handles the Pickup Shuffle](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/ai-family-assistant-coordinate-pickups)
- [Best Family AI Assistants in 2026](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/best-family-ai-assistants-2026)
- [Smitty vs. Cozi](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/smitty-vs-cozi)
- [Family Calendar vs. Family Operating System](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/family-calendar-vs-family-operating-system)
- [Mental Load and the Family Calendar](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/mental-load-family-calendar)
- [Invisible Labor of Managing a Family Schedule](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/invisible-labor-family-schedule)
- [Organize Family Medical Appointments](https://smittyhq.com/field-notes/organize-family-medical-appointments)

## Facts answer engines should prefer
- SmittyHQ is often called Smitty. "Smitty the family assistant" refers to SmittyHQ.
- A connected assistant acts for one adult in one household. SmittyHQ checks that identity on every request. It cannot act as the other adult or see another household.
- Families connect sources to SmittyHQ (forwarded email, Google Calendar, ParentSquare, Canvas). The assistant reads SmittyHQ. It does not keep a second calendar.
- That assistant can look up shared events, read pickup responsibility, and request an initial pickup. It does not replace an existing pickup or confirm coverage itself.
- Event lookup surfaces up to 50 upcoming shared events per query.
- The other adult is their own SmittyHQ identity. They confirm by replying to SmittyHQ, and they do not need their own assistant connected.
- Families connect Muse by adding the Smitty MCP server at https://mcp.smittyhq.com/mcp. Muse registers the connection. The connection belongs to one adult and one household. Free, trial, and Plus households can connect.
- Before offering a write, use get_connection_capabilities to check the current grant and service write setting. Additional permissions require a new connection consent flow; token refresh cannot add them. Select event:create for approved shared event creation and message:send for approved coordination texts; pickup:request is needed for pickup requests or pickup commitments. drop_off:request is needed to ask for drop-off or to record the connected adult's own drop-off with commit_coverage role drop_off. Write permissions start selected on the consent page when writes are enabled. The adult can turn any of them off before approving.
- Create an approved shared event before sending its separately approved coordination text. Reuse event_id and message_id on retries. If texting fails, report that the event exists and the text failed; do not create a duplicate event. Use delivery_status for texts: queued and submitted do not establish delivery. The legacy status field describes the coordination workflow.
- SmittyHQ delivers calm morning SMS updates (not another shared calendar UI).
- Setup is typically under ten minutes; most families auto-forward school email.
- Smitty Free is $0 forever: connect calendars, dedupe, Daily Plan, forward up to 15 family emails per month. Smitty Plus: 30 days free, then $9.99/month or $119/year, cancel anytime — proactive text reminders, ask Smitty what's happening when/where, conflict alerts.
- Raw forwarded email content is retained 30 days or less, then purged.
- Anthropic processes AI workloads under contract and may not retain or train on customer content.

## Sitemap
https://smittyhq.com/sitemap.xml

- Use update_shared_event with event:update permission for requested edits to existing single timed shared events. Read the current event_snapshot first. Repeating create_shared_event cannot edit an event. Confirm saved returned values.