Context
It reads the family standard.
Principles, routines, rewards, calendars, and "what done means" stay in a parent-owned workspace your agent can edit.
Sprout for family agents
The link between your home agent and your kid's iPad.
Write how your family works once. Sprout turns it into routines, canvases, rewards, and coaching your kid can actually use in the app.
Early access for families and builders who want the kid-facing side of their home agent.
~/family/sprout
$cat PRINCIPLES.md
# Family principles
Persona: Maya, warm older cousin
Praises: effort, persistence, kindness
Never says: comparisons to other kids
Praises: effort, persistence, kindness
Never says: comparisons to other kids
## House rules
- No yelling. Calm tone, every time.
- "You stuck with it" beats "you're smart."
- Roblox waits until homework is checked.
$claude
sprout MCP connected · zeev/family
>switch the voice from Maya to Bea
✓Principles updated. Bea takes over next session.
>
$cat standards/ROOM.md
# Room bar · age 8
Sprout checks against this when Mali photographs her room.
## What done looks like
- Bed made: sheet pulled up.
- Floor: clear path from door to bed.
- Socks to basket, books to shelf.
## Almost done tone
- "Almost. Toss the socks and you're done."
- Not: "no", "try again", "incomplete".
$claude
>add piano posture check, video, weekdays 16:30
✓Created PIANO.md and added it to after-school.
>
$ls canvases/
reading-tutor.md spelling-drill.md
family-news.md handwriting.md
# Reading tutor · Charlotte's Web
Mode: live
Cadence: 15 minutes after school
Memory: logs tricky words to reading-progress.md
Cadence: 15 minutes after school
Memory: logs tricky words to reading-progress.md
- Listens while Mali reads aloud.
- Stops on tricky words, defines, has her reread.
- Asks one comprehension question per chapter.
$claude
>add a math drill that adapts after each session
✓Spawned canvases/math-drill.md. Live on iPad in 2s.
>
$cat ROUTINES.md
# Routines · Mali
after-school · 15:30 weekdays
- Snack, homework, outside, piano.
- Photo check before Roblox opens.
- Kind reminder if she gets stuck.
bedtime · 19:30 daily
- Tidy, brush, book, sleep.
$claude
>move bedtime to 20:00 on fri/sat only
✓ROUTINES.md updated. Effective tonight.
>
$cat MONEY.md
# Allowance · age 8
Mode: gems graduating to dollars
Conversion: 100 gems = $1
Weekly: $5, split save 60 / spend 30 / give 10
Conversion: 100 gems = $1
Weekly: $5, split save 60 / spend 30 / give 10
## How gems get earned
- Routine step completed: 2 gems.
- Vision check passed: 5 gems.
- Tutor session finished: 10 gems.
$claude
>bump weekly to $7 starting next month
✓MONEY.md updated. Effective Jun 1.
>
Welcome, Mali
Pick your Sprout
Sprout check · room
✓ bed made
socks next
Almost. Toss the socks and you're done.
Mali's canvases · today
ABC
Reading tutor
12
Math drill
FM
Family news
HW
Handwriting
Routines · armed
After-school15:30
snack · homework · outside · piano
Bedtime20:00 fri/sat
tidy · brush · book · sleep
I can walk you through the first step.
Gems · allowance
+5
Save$3
Spend$1.50
Give$0.50
01 · Make Sprout sound like your house
Voice, principles, boundaries, and tone live in plain family context. Change the file and the next kid session changes with it.
02 · Use the camera as proof
A photo of the room, homework, or piano posture becomes useful only when Sprout knows the bar and can offer the next kind step.
03 · Build a canvas for anything
Tutors, drills, family podcasts, visual checks. If your agent can describe it, Sprout can put a kid-sized surface on the iPad.
04 · Run routines when you can't
After-school, bedtime, weekend morning. Sprout carries the plan when you are working, on a call, or just done being the reminder system.
05 · Grow rewards with the kid
Start with gems. Add dollars, budgets, saving, giving, and parent review when the kid is ready for the next layer.
Three things
Sprout gives the home agent a kid-facing body.
Most family agents can plan. Sprout is where those plans become visible, doable, and rewarding for the child.
Surface
It turns plans into experiences.
Sprout creates the kid app surface: a habit flow, a camera check, a live tutor, a canvas, or the next step in a routine.
Loop
It brings back useful signal.
The kid gets help in the moment. Parents get the shape of what happened without needing another place to nag from.
What it can run
Start with one habit. Grow into the whole day.
Sprout is intentionally small at the start. One clear behavior, one kid-friendly flow, one parent-visible loop.
01
Routines
Morning, after-school, bedtime, weekend chores, and recurring moments where a calm helper beats another reminder.
02
Canvases
Custom kid activities: reading tutor, math drill, family news, handwriting check, live coach, or a world the kid builds inside.
03
Proof and rewards
Photo checks, gems, allowance, saved goals, and parent review when a habit needs a little more trust.
Parent control
Warm for kids. Visible to parents.
Sprout is not trying to replace the parent. It carries parent-approved context into kid-sized moments and keeps the important parts reviewable.
Source
The parent owns the context.
Your family standards stay readable. When life changes, edit the source instead of hunting through settings.
Review
Changes can be inspected.
New routines, rewards, and canvases are meant to be visible before they become part of the kid's day.
Tone
The kid hears the house voice.
Sprout can be playful, but the boundaries, praise, and next steps come from the family standard.
Give your family agent somewhere helpful to land.
Start with one routine or one canvas. Let Sprout carry it into the part of the day where your kid needs the next step.