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Show HN: Kali – Scheduling Assistant for iOS (apps.apple.com)

27 points by evansjp ↗ HN
Hey HN! Launching Kali today and I'm super excited to iterate on this.

I hate scheduling and my gf got sick of managing my calendar for me, so I made an AI do it instead. :)

Please let me know what you think!

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callalex
Your software will be impossible to search for because there is already a very popular and highly discussed software with the same name.
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buzzergfxkjkl
What's a simple example use case for this software? I understand "scheduling assistant" but what does it actually do?

Also, what's the AI component?

evansjp
If I were your assistant managing your schedule and you come to me and say "I have a sales meeting next Tuesday." Of course I'd schedule the sales meeting, but I might also schedule time for you to 1) Research the client, 2) Drop off dry-cleaning to look sharp for the meeting, 3) A time to pick up that dry-cleaning.

That's what a "scheduling assistant" does. :)

AI is good at reasoning what other events should be scheduled along w/ an event.

Thanks for your question!

efields
This is kind of awesome.

I could see this getting Sherlocked by Siri, which you can take as a compliment.

evansjp
Thank you!

I'd be flattered for sure. I think there's a lot of uncaptured value in AI to API requests, in general. Imagine an app that schedules "Flight at LAX at 2pm", but also offering to order the Uber to the Airport in time to get there 2 hours before departure. Sounds pretty cool to me and until OpenAI's GPT Plugins have broader support, I'll build that :)

ooloncoloophid
I like the idea but I’d prefer the flirting off by default. Also, I asked for a simple lunch appointment tomorrow and it suggested the lunch but added a reservation for later in the afternoon.
evansjp
Haha alright, I can turn off flirting by default for the next update. And how late in the afternoon did it suggest for a lunch?
ooloncoloophid
:-) Thanks. And for the lunch I believe it was the correct time but then it added a later event to book it (i.e. after the lunch), maybe at 5pm.
hlaohb
Why did you choose to make Kali a "she"?
evansjp
Kali is the Hindu goddess of time--also of death but we'll ignore that for now lol--and she is a "she".
uptown
If the sales meeting is next Thursday why does Kali show it on Tuesday in the screengrab on the AppStore?
f001
Only comment is that out of 3 activities suggested for playing bg3 with friends tonight at 10pm, only one of them is now in my calendar (and it’s not the one actually playing bg3). I had altered the times of two of the suggested events and one of the two altered ones is in the calendar.
evansjp
What was the time for the event that didn't show up in the calendar? Was it something till midnight?
f001
One of the events that wasn’t added was until midnight, yes. The other was something like 9:30-9:45pm
thekiptxt
What’s your target for percentage of ancillary appointments that are accepted? I’m intrigued by the idea, but in the screenshot it shows 2 use cases that don’t make much sense to me: do most people really schedule dry cleaning around a meeting? Would I really carve out time to pick up flowers for an airport pickup?

The suggestions could be nice, but if I find myself rejecting 90%+ then they would be a hassle…

evansjp
That's actually a super good idea for a metric I didn't think about tracking and I love that you commented that.
evolve2k
Australia: “App not available”

Are you open to turning off the country restrictions? These restrictions are so frustrating as it means we miss out just because of where we live.

darkteflon
Not available in Japan either. Would also like to check it out.
firecall
Aussie here adding an up vote!
evansjp
You're absolutely right, I'll get an update out here to lift the country restriction.