What changed in HeyCarlton

What changed

• Removed the personalized naming step so every family starts with Carlton and spends setup time on the family details that matter.
• Added a one-tap Siri Shortcut install path so iPhone parents can ask Carlton by voice after Telegram setup.
• Improved Siri replies so Carlton answers more conversationally and responds faster when a parent starts talking.
• Shipped weekly and daily briefing controls, with Sunday family agenda support and production smoke paths.
• Added the first anticipatory nudge engine for due-soon forwarded-email actions like sign, pay, and RSVP.
• Added release awareness inside normal Telegram replies so parents can discover meaningful product updates without hunting.
• Cleaned up the marketing site around one primary CTA: start free on Telegram, then forward a real school or activity email.
• Added CTA attribution so we can learn which site buttons actually earn a new Carlton conversation.

Ways parents can use Carlton

Next up

• Dogfood anticipatory nudges on real Tom + Becca forwarded emails and record whether they feel useful, annoying, or wrong.
• Keep weekly Sunday briefings boringly reliable over consecutive Sundays.
• Use prompt-mining and active-family metrics to decide what earns text #2.

What changed

• Smarter forwarded-email parsing for school, activity, and family logistics emails, including action items, deadlines, locations, notes, and suggested reminders.
• North-star extraction behavior based on the Drama Assessment example: identify the event, the required prep, early/absent student instructions, and the right reminder opportunity.
• Prompt capture for product learning, so real user asks can be mined for what is working and where Carlton needs to improve.
• One-tap Google Calendar confirmation buttons in Telegram for proposed calendar creates, updates, and deletes.
• Email setup added to onboarding so parents learn to forward school and schedule emails to carlton@heycarlton.ai during setup.
• Production Google Calendar OAuth reviewed and restored to a working consent flow.
• Siri / Apple Shortcuts bridge added so parents can ask Carlton by voice after setup.
• Release notes process begins here, with Telegram and marketing-site visibility.

Ways parents can use Carlton

Next up

• Keep refining the Siri Shortcut setup from parent-friendly instructions toward one-tap install.
• Keep improving forwarded-email extraction so dates, deadlines, and action items become more reliable.
• Use real forwarded emails from Tom and Becca to keep improving reminders, calendar proposals, and weekly briefings.