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2.1 KiB
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49 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Flicker — Home & Car Maintenance
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> *Part of the Circuit Forge LLC "AI for the tasks you hate most" suite.*
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**Status:** Backlog — not yet started. Peregrine must prove the model first.
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## What it does
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Flicker manages ongoing home and vehicle maintenance: service scheduling, maintenance history tracking, recall monitoring, warranty tracking, and finding trusted local providers before something breaks.
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The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker that works on the structures it inhabits — literally a home maintenance bird. "Flicker" also captures what the app does: it surfaces a reminder before you've forgotten, and before the problem becomes expensive.
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## Why it's hard
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Maintenance is hard because:
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- It's invisible until it fails: most people don't track what was done or when
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- Recalls are your responsibility to discover — NHTSA notifies dealers, not owners
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- Warranties have time and mileage limits that are easy to miss
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- Finding trusted providers (mechanic, HVAC, plumber) requires social network or luck
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## Core pipeline
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```
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Inventory home systems + vehicles (age, model, service history)
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→ Generate maintenance schedule (HVAC filters, oil changes, inspections)
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→ Monitor recalls (NHTSA VIN lookup, CPSC product database)
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→ Track warranty expiry dates → Alert before coverage lapses
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→ Schedule service → Track provider history + rate reliability
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```
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## Key differentiators vs. Peregrine
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- Proactive vs. reactive: surface issues before failure, not after
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- VIN-based recall monitoring: NHTSA API, weekly check per registered vehicle
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- Maintenance schedule generation: manufacturer specs + actual usage patterns
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- Provider reputation tracking: same provider across multiple jobs over years
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## Product code (license key)
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`CFG-FLKR-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`
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## Tech notes
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- Shared `circuitforge-core` scaffold
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- NHTSA Recalls API: `api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle`
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- CPSC product recall database
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- Home system inventory: structured YAML (age, model, serial, last service)
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- Maintenance schedule templates: per-system type with configurable intervals
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- Vision module: scan appliance labels, VIN stickers, oil change stickers
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