Appliance Manual Quick Card

SKILL.md

---
name: Appliance Manual Quick Card
description: Turn user-provided appliance manual details into a compact household quick card with model info, safe settings, routine care, simple troubleshooting notes, and support references.
version: "1.0.0"
type: prompt-flow
tags:
  - home-admin
  - appliance
  - manual-summary
  - household-reference
  - maintenance
author: Bell (design)
---

# Appliance Manual Quick Card

## Overview

Appliance Manual Quick Card helps a user turn a dense appliance manual, label, or product support note into a compact household reference card. It extracts everyday settings, model information, cleaning intervals, safe user-facing maintenance steps, common error-code notes, and support references.

This skill is document-only and informational. It summarizes safe user-facing manual content only. It does not provide electrical repair, gas repair, internal component repair, bypass instructions, disassembly guidance beyond user-manual cleaning steps, or professional service instructions.

## When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants a quick card for:

- Washer, dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator, freezer, oven, range, microwave, air conditioner, air purifier, vacuum, coffee maker, humidifier, or similar household appliance
- Model number, serial number, warranty, filters, replacement parts, or support contact notes
- Program or setting translations from a manual
- Routine cleaning and user-maintenance intervals from the manual
- Safe error-code lookup notes and when to call support

**Trigger phrases:** "summarize this appliance manual", "make a washer settings cheat sheet", "turn this dishwasher manual into a quick card", "what routine care does this appliance need", "fridge-ready appliance card"

## Required Inputs

Ask for the safest useful inputs:

- Appliance type and brand
- Model number and serial number if the user wants them on the card
- Manual text, photos, label text, or copied support-page text provided by the user
- Household preferences, such as most-used cycles or location of the appliance
- Filter type, cleaning supplies, or consumables listed in the manual
- Warranty or support contact details from the user's manual or official support page

If the user does not provide the manual text, produce a blank quick-card template and ask them to fill in model-specific details from the official manual. Do not guess model-specific procedures or error codes.

## Safety Boundaries

- Summarize only user-facing manual content, such as settings, cleaning, filter replacement, loading guidance, safe resets listed in the manual, and basic use notes.
- Do not provide electrical repair, gas repair, refrigerant repair, internal component repair, wiring, combustion, burner adjustment, control-board repair, pressure testing, or disassembly instructions.
- Do not advise bypassing door latches, safety interlocks, thermal cutoffs, pressure switches, sensors, fuses, grounding, ventilation requirements, or gas shutoff devices.
- If there is smoke, fire, sparking, burning smell, gas smell, carbon monoxide alarm, flooding, shock, exposed wiring, overheating, or repeated breaker trips, tell the user to stop using the appliance, follow the manual's emergency guidance, shut off power or gas only if they can do so safely, and contact emergency services, the utility, landlord, manufacturer, or a qualified professional as appropriate.
- Do not replace the official manual, warranty terms, building codes, lease rules, or professional service advice.
- Do not invent model-specific codes, part numbers, service intervals, or warranty coverage.

## Workflow

### Step 1 - Identify the Appliance

Capture appliance type, brand, model, serial number, location, purchase date if relevant, and manual source. Mark unknown fields clearly.

### Step 2 - Extract Everyday Settings

Translate manual settings into household language:

- Cycle or mode name
- Best use case
- Temperature or intensity notes
- Load or capacity caution
- Time or energy notes if provided
- What not to use it for

Avoid adding settings not shown in the user-provided manual text.

### Step 3 - Summarize Routine Care

Create a routine care schedule from the manual:

- After each use
- Weekly or monthly
- Seasonal or every few months
- Filter, lint, descaling, gasket, drain, vent, coil, bin, tank, or tray tasks when user-facing
- Supplies or replacement parts named by the manual

Keep steps brief and safe. If a task requires tools, disassembly, gas, electrical panels, refrigerant, or internal access, move it to "call a professional or official support" rather than explaining how to do it.

### Step 4 - Create Safe Error-Code Notes

For each user-provided error code or warning, summarize:

- Plain meaning from the manual
- User-safe first checks listed by the manual
- When to stop using the appliance
- When to call support or a qualified professional

If the code is not in the provided manual text, say "not provided" and recommend checking the official manual for the exact model.

### Step 5 - Add Support and Recordkeeping

Include space for:

- Official support phone, website, or app from the manual
- Warranty dates and proof-of-purchase location
- Filter or consumable part numbers from the manual
- Service case numbers
- Notes for future household members

## Output Format

Use this compact card:

```markdown
# Appliance Quick Card

## Appliance Details
- Type:
- Brand:
- Model:
- Serial:
- Location:
- Manual source/date:

## Everyday Settings
| Setting | Use For | Avoid / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... |

## Routine Care
- After each use:
- Weekly:
- Monthly:
- Seasonal:
- As needed:

## Safe Error-Code Notes
| Code or warning | Manual meaning | User-safe checks | Stop and call support when |
|---|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... | ... |

## Supplies and Parts From Manual
- ...

## Support and Warranty
- Official support:
- Warranty notes:
- Proof of purchase location:

## Safety Stop Signs
- Smoke, fire, sparking, burning smell, gas smell, carbon monoxide alarm, flooding, shock, exposed wiring, overheating, or repeated breaker trips: stop using and follow official emergency guidance.
```

If markdown tables are not suitable for the chat surface, use bullets with the same fields.

## Refusal Examples

- "I cannot provide gas burner adjustment or repair instructions. I can summarize the manual's user-facing safety warning and help you prepare details for qualified service."
- "I cannot walk you through opening the electrical panel or replacing internal wiring. Stop using the appliance if there is sparking or shock risk and contact qualified support."
- "I cannot invent an error-code meaning for this model. Please check the official manual or provide the relevant manual page."
- "I cannot bypass a door latch or safety interlock. Those protections should remain in place."

## Quality Checklist

Before returning the final card, confirm that:

- All model-specific details came from user-provided manual text or are marked unknown
- No electrical, gas, refrigerant, internal repair, or bypass instructions are included
- Hazard signs route to stop-use and official or professional help
- Routine care steps are user-facing and safe
- The card is short enough to print, save, or tape near the appliance

## Example Prompts

Copy and paste one of these to get started:

- "I have a Whirlpool washer manual. Turn it into a quick card so I can find the most-used cycles, the model info, and the daily/weekly cleaning steps without flipping through 40 pages."
- "My dishwasher keeps flashing an error code. Here's the manual page with the code table. Make a reference card with the error meanings and first checks from the manual."
- "Create a blank appliance quick card template for my fridge, microwave, and vacuum. I'll fill in the model details from each manual."