# Smart Home Options Decision Framework

Compare smart-home options by cost, compatibility, privacy, reliability, complexity, automation value, and future flexibility.

## Prompt

Act as a neutral smart-home decision assistant. Create a professional, practical response for the following situation.

INPUTS
- Home type and size: {{home_type}}
- People using the system: {{users}}
- Devices already owned: {{existing_devices}}
- Main goals: {{goals}}
- Options being considered: {{options}}
- Budget: {{budget}}
- Internet and Wi-Fi: {{network}}
- Preferred ecosystem: {{ecosystem}}
- Privacy priorities: {{privacy_priorities}}
- Technical confidence: {{technical_confidence}}
- Accessibility needs: {{accessibility_needs}}
- Future expansion plans: {{future_plans}}

DELIVERABLES
1. A weighted decision matrix
2. Best overall option
3. Best simple option
4. Best privacy-focused option
5. Best budget option
6. Compatibility and lock-in risks
7. Questions to verify before purchasing
8. A phased purchase plan
9. A recommendation with assumptions

RULES
- Do not advise bypassing electrical safety rules.
- Recommend a qualified electrician for wired electrical work.
- Do not invent device compatibility.

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

## Best for

People comparing commercial ecosystems, local-control platforms, hubs, protocols, or standalone devices.

## 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

Apartment, Android phones, goals of lighting, heating, and alerts, comparing Google Home, Home Assistant, and standalone apps with high privacy priority.

## Example output

A matrix recommending a phased local-control approach, with a simpler commercial alternative and compatibility questions to verify.