Claude searches the city’s event sites, checks every date, and emails me ten weekend picks my kids will love.
Every pick is checked on the event’s own page. Date, time, place, age and a working link — or it doesn’t make the list.
“Weekends were mostly the same with me and my kids. I didn’t realize how many fun activities were going on throughout the city until I created this skill. Now me and my kids have a wealth of fun stuff to choose from, and this has really enhanced our lives.”
Eric Melchor · made this one · Founder, 3rd Space Bucharest, and dad of two
Bucharest has a lot going on for kids. Shows, football, LEGO days, runs, museums. The trouble is finding it. It’s spread across a dozen sites, half in Romanian, and most lists are out of date.
So every Thursday, Claude does the looking. It reads the city’s best family event sites. It opens every event page to check the date, the time, the place and the price. It throws out anything for toddlers or teens, anything too far away, and anything it can’t check.
Then it picks ten. Each one says which kid it suits, and why it’s fun. The list lands in my inbox with the full link next to every pick.
My part is the fun part: choose one, book it, and go.
A copied version runs on your own email and searches your own city. It never touches anyone else’s account.
There wasn’t really a method. That was the problem.
Claude does the first three on its own. The last one is mine.
Nothing new to buy. If you have Claude and an email address, you have all of it.
I first set it to run on Thursday afternoon. It worked fine. But by the time it arrived, the week was nearly gone. Some things needed booking. Some filled up. I wanted the list in the morning, with a full day to talk it over and book.
Set the time for when you plan your weekend, not for when it’s easy to run.
Claude checks every listing. I check again before we leave. Events move, sell out, or get cancelled.
One look at the page, then drive.
Lots of kids’ events are for ages 3 to 6. A 9-year-old will not thank you. The skill sets an age range and drops anything outside it.
Write the ages in. Be strict.
City lists copy each other, and old dates hang around. So the date always comes from the event’s own page.
Event page or nothing.
The version below has blanks for names, ages and neighbourhood. Fill them in on your own copy. Don’t post them anywhere public.
Blanks on the web. Names in your copy.
There are two copies of this skill in our circle, one for each family. Each has its own name. Two skills with the same job and the same name get mixed up.
Give each copy its own name.
Some weeks are quiet. The skill sends what it could check and says so. That’s better than padding the list.
Honest beats full.
One skill. It searches your city and emails your inbox — never anyone else’s.
Pick a tab below and press Copy skill. The whole skill is now on your clipboard.
Open a new chat, paste it, and say: “Turn this into a skill and set it up for me.”
Every {{ }} is a blank. Claude asks you for each one and fills in your own names, folders and accounts.
Check it’s on under Settings › Capabilities › Skills. Then run it once on something low-stakes, and watch what it does.
Run it by hand once, on a quiet week. When you like the list, set it to run early every Thursday morning.
---
name: "family-weekend-picks"
description: "Every week, find 10 checked weekend activities near home that suit my kids, and email them to me. Use for the weekly run or 'what should we do this weekend with the kids'."
---
# Weekend picks for my kids
Once a week, find things to do this weekend that my kids will actually enjoy. Check every one. Email me the list.
## Fill these in once
Replace every {{PLACEHOLDER}} below with your own, then save the skill.
| Placeholder | What it is | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| {{KIDS}} | each kid's name or nickname, age, and what they like | Kid 1 (9): sports, LEGO. Kid 2 (7): crafts, animals |
| {{AGE_RANGE}} | the youngest and oldest age to plan for | 7-9 |
| {{HOME_AREA}} | your neighbourhood and city | [your neighbourhood], Bucharest |
| {{RANGE_KM}} | how far you'll drive | 50 |
| {{NEARBY_PLACES}} | towns inside that range | Snagov, Mogosoaia, Buftea, Otopeni, Corbeanca, Cernica |
| {{EMAIL}} | where the list goes | you@example.com |
| {{LANGUAGE}} | language of the email | English |
| {{SOURCES}} | your city's best family event sites | see the Bucharest list below |
## Who
- {{KIDS}}.
- Home is {{HOME_AREA}}. Range: the city plus about {{RANGE_KM}} km out ({{NEARBY_PLACES}}).
## Window
The coming Saturday and Sunday. Run `date`, work out the exact dates, and put them in the subject. Never guess them.
## Research, in this order
Use {{SOURCES}}. For Bucharest, these work:
1. **stiudelasorina.ro**: this week's "Mami, tati, unde mergem in weekend?" article on the homepage, plus every /event/ page it links. Open each event page to confirm the date, time, venue and price.
2. **City roundups**: search "ce faci in Bucuresti in weekendul <dates>" on bucuresti.ro, b365.ro, bucurestifm.ro, zilesinopti.ro, a1.ro and bucharestevents.ro.
3. **Theatre and film**: the teatrulioncreanga.ro schedule (only shows for the right ages), Opera Comica pentru Copii, Tandarica, and children's film screenings.
4. **Football**: home games for the local clubs on lpf.ro, plus games at Arena Nationala.
5. **Sweep**: LEGO or brick shows, sports taster days, family runs (check registration is still open), karting, trampoline parks, robotics or STEM days, museums, and outdoor events in the nearby towns.
## Filter
- It happens on Saturday or Sunday. Take the date from the event's own page.
- It suits ages {{AGE_RANGE}}. No toddler shows, nothing for teens.
- It's within about {{RANGE_KM}} km.
- It has a working link to the event or ticket page, not a homepage. If you can't check it, drop it.
- Show the price only if the source states it. Otherwise write "price not shown".
## Output
Exactly 10 picks. Tag each one: "both kids" or which kid it suits best.
Lean on what the kids like. Include at least one theatre or film pick and at least two free ones.
Email format (HTML, {{LANGUAGE}}, no Markdown):
- One-line **top pick** first.
- A numbered list. Each item: **name**, category and which kid; day, time, venue and price; one sentence on why it's fun; the full URL.
- **Notes**: what needs booking, anything skipped and why, and at most one bonus idea.
Links: always print the full URL as the visible text. Never hide a link behind words like "Tickets" or "Details".
If fewer than 10 picks check out, send fewer and say so.
## Send
Send it to {{EMAIL}} with the subject `Weekend picks for the kids - Sat D - Sun D Mon`. Send it directly. Don't make a draft.
## Running on a schedule
Run it early on the day you plan the weekend (for us, Thursday morning), so there's time to book. When it runs on its own, don't ask questions. Put any guess in one line at the top of the email and send it.
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