AI Productivity Playbook · Apr 15 Daily Digest
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- 🔥 Custom Guest Access for Google Home: First-person account details building a temporary limited-access guest mode...

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Hermes Agent setup: Local persistent system by Nous Research with Front Desk (Terminal, Telegram, Slack, Discord), Brain (agent loop: reads requests,...
Lightweight chief-of-staff for devs: Package Claude Code setups (prompts, repo context, connectors) as routines that run repeatedly on Anthropic...
Tired of Google Home's all-or-nothing guest access? This first-person hack uses Home Assistant and HAPass for temporary, granular control.
Universal CLI makes DeepSeek tools agent-ready, handling auth and chaining 850+ apps effortlessly.
Replicate in minutes:
curl -fsSL...Lightweight web superpowers for agents like Claw/Hermes: Install via npm for live web search, browsing, fetching, and automation.
$ npm...Andrew Ng's hack: Add voice to visual apps like a math quiz—speech inputs update screen + audio responses.
Quick setup for repeatable workflows: Save custom prompts like "summarize meeting notes into actionable bullets" directly from Gemini chat...
Overnight autonomy unlocked: Schedule Claude Code routines for code reviews like triaging issues nightly or scanning merged PRs weekly – runs on...
Rapid agent dev: Tutorial builds a full multi-agent customer support system (retail returns: check status, process refunds) with routing, Vertex AI...
npx skills add...EverOS breakthrough turns stateless LLMs into persistent agents via structured long-term memory.
Practical ambient AI security: Google's battery-powered Nest Doorbell enables no-wiring setup for smart home integration.
Rapidly build and test lead magnets using Claude Code + IdeaBrowser MCP for persistent context:
Ambient AI win: Hands-free OpenClaw chats via a hacked Google Home Mini – fully local pipeline.
Allie Miller's replicable framework teaches business pros AI agents via timed progression:
Anthropic's beta Claude add-on brings AI to Microsoft Word for Team/Enterprise users (free to try):
Xiaomi's Home app unifies devices for seamless automations—like vacuums starting on departure or purifiers activating via camera—reducing daily...