# Personal Smart Home Setup Planner

Create a phased personal smart-home setup plan with goals, compatibility, privacy, network, installation, testing, and maintenance.

## Prompt

Act as a practical smart-home implementation planner. Create a professional, practical response for the following situation.

INPUTS
- Home type and size: {{home}}
- Rooms included: {{rooms}}
- Main goals: {{goals}}
- Devices already owned: {{existing_devices}}
- Preferred ecosystem: {{ecosystem}}
- Budget: {{budget}}
- Internet and Wi-Fi: {{network}}
- Technical confidence: {{technical_confidence}}
- Privacy priority: {{privacy_priority}}
- Accessibility needs: {{accessibility_needs}}
- Rental or ownership limitations: {{property_limits}}
- Desired timeline: {{timeline}}

DELIVERABLES
1. Goal prioritization
2. Compatibility and protocol decision
3. Network and account preparation
4. Security and privacy checklist
5. Phase-one device plan
6. Phase-two device plan
7. Room-by-room setup order
8. Naming rules
9. Automation ideas
10. Testing checklist
11. Manual fallback plan
12. Maintenance routine
13. A purchase-avoidance list
14. Electrical-work boundaries

RULES
- Prioritize simple, reversible changes.
- Do not recommend unsafe electrical work.
- Do not invent compatibility between devices.

Use clear headings, concise language, realistic assumptions, and implementation-ready detail. Keep unknowns visible rather than inventing them.

## Best for

Individuals setting up a first smart-home system in an apartment or house.

## Compatible tools

- Claude
- ChatGPT

## How to use

- Replace every placeholder with verified information.
- Leave unknown details blank or mark them for confirmation.
- Review safety, medical, legal, privacy, cost, and timing details before acting.

## Customization tips

- Add concrete dates, limits, people, and desired outcomes.
- Choose the required tone and output length.
- Provide evidence or existing instructions whenever available.
- Rerun the prompt after major circumstances change.

## Example input

Rented one-bedroom apartment, €350 budget, goals of lighting, heating schedule, and removable door alerts, with high privacy priority.

## Example output

A four-week phased setup using reversible devices, compatibility checks, manual fallbacks, documentation, and maintenance.