# Mavo > Mavo (Mavo Life) is a shared family and household organizer at https://mavolife.com. It gives a family one shared plan for the calendar, lists, and meals, with Mavo AI, a family assistant that helps capture and organize it, so everyone can see what's happening and who's handling it. Forward an email, paste text, share a link, or upload a file, and Mavo turns it into plan items on the shared plan. Families assign who's handling each event or task, then see what's covered and what still needs attention at a glance. The product guide below explains how Mavo works in day-to-day use. Guide and blog post links serve plain Markdown; the human versions live under https://mavolife.com/docs/guide and https://mavolife.com/blog. ## Product guide - [How Mavo works](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/overview.md): What Mavo is, the ideas behind it, and where everything lives: the shared plan, plan items, owners, and Mavo AI. - [Add from Anywhere](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/add-from-anywhere.md): Forward an email, paste text, share a link, or upload a photo or file. Mavo reads it and turns it into plan items on the shared plan. - [The shared plan](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/shared-plan.md): One family calendar plus lists, groceries, and meals everyone can see, with outside calendars flowing in and your Mavo calendar flowing out. - [Who's Handling It](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/whos-handling-it.md): Clear handling decisions on every event and task, including when no one is needed. - [Notifications and digests](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/notifications.md): What Mavo sends, where it shows up, and how to tune reminders, coverage alerts, Family Game Plan, and texting. - [Connect your assistant](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/connect-your-assistant.md): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or another compatible assistant to your family's Mavo calendar, plans, lists, meals, and people. - [Build on the API](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/build-on-the-api.md): A boring, explicit REST API over your family's Mavo, available directly or through the official TypeScript SDK and CLI. - [Connector review kit](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/connector-review-kit.md): Public details for reviewing, testing, and listing the Mavo MCP connector in ChatGPT, Claude, and other assistants. - [Use the TypeScript SDK](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/use-the-sdk.md): Call Mavo from a TypeScript app or script with typed methods generated from the same OpenAPI contract as the public API. - [Use the Mavo CLI](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/use-the-cli.md): Read and change your family's Mavo from a terminal with one generated command for every public Mavo API operation. ## Pages - [Home](https://mavolife.com/): what Mavo is and how families use it - [Features](https://mavolife.com/features): how Mavo turns scattered family details into one shared plan - [Pricing](https://mavolife.com/pricing): plans for families and builders - [Builder tools](https://mavolife.com/builders): connect Mavo to scripts, apps, and terminal workflows with the REST API, the official TypeScript SDK and CLI, and signed webhooks with the Max membership - [Connect an assistant](https://mavolife.com/docs/guide/connect-your-assistant): connect any Mavo membership to a compatible assistant through free remote MCP with Mavo sign-in - [Blog](https://mavolife.com/blog): practical guides for running family life together - [API documentation](https://mavolife.com/docs/api.md): the Mavo REST API reference for builders ## Features The main ways Mavo helps a family capture the details, share the plan, and make ownership clear: - [Shared family calendar](https://mavolife.com/features/shared-family-calendar): See every event in one family calendar, with owners, reminders, and the details that keep the day moving. - [Who’s Handling It](https://mavolife.com/features/whos-handling-it): Know what’s covered, what still needs attention, and who owns the handoff before plans fall through. - [Add from Anywhere](https://mavolife.com/features/add-from-anywhere): Forward the email, paste the text, upload the flyer, or share the link. Mavo turns it into plan items. - [Mavo AI](https://mavolife.com/features/mavo-ai): Turn messy details into a clear plan, approve important changes, and let Mavo watch what comes next. - [Family Game Plan audio](https://mavolife.com/features/daily-prep-audio): Turn the day’s events, handoffs, and loose ends into a short, bright conversation with two recurring hosts. - [Connect your assistant](https://mavolife.com/features/connect-your-assistant): Bring ChatGPT, Claude, or another compatible assistant into the same family calendar, lists, meals, and household plan. ## Free tools No-login generators that make a printable plan in the browser: - [Team roster maker](https://mavolife.com/tools/team-roster-maker): Paste player names, check jersey numbers, and download a sideline PDF plus reusable CSV. - [Birthday calendar maker](https://mavolife.com/tools/birthday-calendar-maker): Enter names and dates once, then download a reusable wall calendar and annual calendar file. - [Sign-up sheet maker](https://mavolife.com/tools/sign-up-sheet-generator): Make a contact-free volunteer, potluck, snack, or class-party sheet, then print it in one step. - [Reading log maker](https://mavolife.com/tools/reading-log-maker): Choose minutes or pages, add the optional note and signature line, then print a reading record that fits your family. - [Chore chart maker](https://mavolife.com/tools/chore-chart-maker): Add your kids, pick age-appropriate chores, and print a weekly chart everyone can see. - [Visual schedule maker](https://mavolife.com/tools/visual-schedule-maker): Build a picture-card routine for morning, after school, or bedtime, and print it for the wall. - [Packing list generator](https://mavolife.com/tools/packing-list-generator): Give shared gear one bag, make short lists for each traveler, and print the whole family plan. ## Blog posts - [New House Essentials List: Sort What You Already Have](https://mavolife.com/blog/new-house-essentials-list.md): Use a room-by-room new house essentials list and free editable workbook to decide what is already there, what to bring, what to borrow, and what can wait. - [Gift Exchange Party Ideas with Rules and Invitations](https://mavolife.com/blog/gift-exchange-party-ideas.md): Choose a name draw, mystery table swap, or one-pass gift circle. Copy an invitation and see exactly how seven guests exchange one gift each. - [Speed-cleaning checklist for before guests arrive](https://mavolife.com/blog/speed-cleaning-checklist.md): Use this free speed-cleaning checklist to clear the spaces your guests will use. Print one page, choose your stopping time, and leave the rest for later. - [Party Games for Teens: 6 Tabletop Games to Print](https://mavolife.com/blog/party-games-for-teens.md): Find six tabletop party games for teens with original drawing prompts, caption challenges, fictional word games, and free printable rules and player materials. - [6 Holiday Party Games to Print and Play at the Table](https://mavolife.com/blog/holiday-party-games.md): Choose six paper-and-pencil holiday party games with free printable prompts, separate answer keys, clear rules, and a worked round for the host. - [8 Christmas Party Theme Ideas with Looks to Copy](https://mavolife.com/blog/christmas-party-theme-ideas.md): Compare eight illustrated Christmas party themes for your home, with color palettes, concrete decorating examples, and invitation wording you can copy. - [20 Holiday Traditions for Families to Make Your Own](https://mavolife.com/blog/holiday-traditions-for-families.md): Find 20 optional winter holiday traditions for families, with simple ways to adapt them and a free worksheet for what to choose, skip, and repeat. - [24 Potluck Themes, With Invitation Wording for Each](https://mavolife.com/blog/potluck-themes.md): Choose from 24 potluck themes with a ready-to-copy invitation line for each, dish examples, and a free worksheet to plan your contribution categories. - [All-Inclusive Resort Packing List for Families](https://mavolife.com/blog/all-inclusive-resort-packing-list.md): Start with resort-stay belongings, then edit a free packing spreadsheet with each traveler's items, resort confirmations, packed state, and bag location. - [Non-Candy Goodie Bag Ideas Kids Can Use](https://mavolife.com/blog/non-candy-goodie-bag-ideas.md): Browse dozens of non candy goodie bag ideas, then use the free printable to settle the quantity, budget, backup, and assembly plan. - [Pet Sitter Notes Template for a Clear Handoff](https://mavolife.com/blog/pet-sitter-notes-template.md): Use this free pet sitter notes template to share your pet’s familiar routine, food labels, supply locations, cues, home notes, and current contacts. - [Diaper Bag Checklist for Packing and Reset](https://mavolife.com/blog/diaper-bag-checklist.md): Use this diaper bag checklist to track your family's chosen items, packed state, replenish point, reset owner, and caregiver handoff notes. - [Family Mission Statement Template With Examples](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-mission-statement-template.md): Use a free fillable family mission statement template to gather your family's own words, write a short draft, and choose when to revisit it. - [BBQ checklist: one editable plan for the whole cookout](https://mavolife.com/blog/bbq-checklist.md): Use a practical BBQ checklist for guests, your chosen menu, serving supplies, setup, assignments, and cleanup. Includes a free editable workbook. - [Family bucket list ideas: choose twelve that fit](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-bucket-list-ideas.md): Browse family bucket list ideas for home, nearby days, seasons, and someday, then download a free fillable choose-12 worksheet. - [Zone cleaning list: map your home in four weeks](https://mavolife.com/blog/zone-cleaning-list.md): Build a zone cleaning list for your own rooms, then rotate one zone each week with a free editable workbook for tasks, owners, cadence, and progress. - [Family Goal Setting Worksheet: One Shared Goal](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-goal-setting-worksheet.md): Download a free family goal setting worksheet to choose one shared goal, name the first action and adult, and set a review date. - [Free Christmas Card Address List Template (Excel)](https://mavolife.com/blog/christmas-card-address-list-template.md): Download a free Christmas card address list template in Excel to track mailing labels, sent dates, returns, corrections, and next-year decisions. - [Chore and Allowance Chart: Free Fillable PDF](https://mavolife.com/blog/chore-and-allowance-chart.md): Download a free chore and allowance chart to write your family's own task, amount or points, timing, completion meaning, and review date. - [Kids cleaning checklist: make a room reset card](https://mavolife.com/blog/kids-cleaning-checklist.md): Make a kids cleaning checklist for one real room with picture cues, familiar actions, and clear destinations. Free fillable checklist to print. - [Road Trip Games Printable: 4 Simple Pages](https://mavolife.com/blog/road-trip-games-printable.md): Download four free road trip games printable pages: find cards, observation, category, and scavenger games for passengers on a family trip. - [Christmas To-Do List Template: Editable Excel Plan](https://mavolife.com/blog/christmas-planning-checklist.md): Download a free Christmas to-do list template in Excel to track household dates, adult owners, task status, and the next decision. - [Free Christmas Gift List Template: Spreadsheet and Printable](https://mavolife.com/blog/christmas-gift-list-template.md): Download a free Christmas gift list template to track recipients, gift ideas, a family-set limit, ordering, arrival, wrapping, and handoff. - [Free Party Guest List Template: Track RSVPs and Headcount](https://mavolife.com/blog/party-guest-list-template.md): Use this free party guest list template to track invitations, RSVPs, household counts, and one follow-up in a simple workbook. - [Family Vacation Packing List: Shared, Adult, and Kid Sheets](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-vacation-packing-list.md): Use this free family vacation packing list to split shared gear, adult bags, kid bags, and last-minute items before a trip. - [Beach Trip Packing List: A Family Plan for the Car and the Stay](https://mavolife.com/blog/beach-trip-packing-list.md): Use this beach trip packing list to cover the essentials for a day out, then add the family vacation details that make the trip easier. - [How to Plan a Family Reunion: A Shared Kit](https://mavolife.com/blog/how-to-plan-family-reunion.md): Plan a family reunion with a free editable coordination kit for household replies, beds, shared costs, and contributions. - [Decluttering Calendar: A 12-Month Room Plan](https://mavolife.com/blog/declutter-calendar.md): Use this free decluttering calendar to rotate through one room a month. Download the printable room plan and start in any month. - [30-Day Declutter Challenge: One Small Area a Day](https://mavolife.com/blog/30-day-declutter-challenge.md): Try this free 30-day declutter challenge with one small area a day, a clear stop rule, and a printable checkoff sheet you can start today. - [Family Laundry Schedule: Free Fillable Template](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-laundry-schedule.md): Use this free family laundry schedule to give each repeat load a day, a finisher, and a reset so clean clothes do not stall in baskets. - [What Do You Do at a Sleepover? 24 Indoor Ideas](https://mavolife.com/blog/what-to-do-at-a-sleepover.md): What do you do at a sleepover? Pick from 24 indoor ideas by age, then use the free printable cards to plan a simple night. - [We built the AI family podcast everyone is mad at Sam Altman about](https://mavolife.com/blog/sam-altman-family-podcast.md): Everyone spent the weekend deciding what kind of parent would want an AI podcast about their family's day. Ours runs about a minute, and the dramatic climax is a jersey. Listen, then decide. - [Realistic Cleaning Schedule for Working Moms](https://mavolife.com/blog/realistic-cleaning-schedule-working-parents.md): Use this free realistic cleaning schedule for working moms to name a weekly minimum, assign each job, and skip busy days without a catch-up pile. - [Family Chore List Template: Free Fillable PDF](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-chore-list-template.md): Use this free family chore list template to group recurring jobs by person, add the day or frequency, and set a review date on one fillable page. - [Bedtime Chart with Pictures: Free and Editable](https://mavolife.com/blog/bedtime-routine-chart.md): Build a bedtime chart with pictures your child can follow. Start with a ready early-reader routine or make a blank sequence, then print it free. - [Family Emergency Binder: Free Printable Kit](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-emergency-binder.md): Build a family emergency binder that works like a map, not a vault: free fillable sheets for trusted contacts, record locations, and an annual review. - [Thanksgiving Day Schedule for Hosts + Free PDF](https://mavolife.com/blog/thanksgiving-day-schedule.md): Use this Thanksgiving day schedule to map family-supplied times, kitchen zones, adult owners, and handoffs on one free fillable page. - [Thanksgiving Menu Planner With a Free Fillable PDF](https://mavolife.com/blog/thanksgiving-menu-planner.md): Use this Thanksgiving menu planner to assign every dish, mark what still needs shopping, and set the serving order on one fillable page. - [A Sleepover Scavenger Hunt That Fits Your House](https://mavolife.com/blog/sleepover-scavenger-hunt.md): Plan a six-stop sleepover scavenger hunt with free printable clue cards and a host route map you can customize for your home. - [Family Command Center Ideas That Fit Your Real Life](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-command-center-ideas.md): Use these family command center ideas to plan a wall that fits your space, with a free layout map and weekly reset sheet. - [Sports Mom Essentials: Reusable Game-Day Bag List](https://mavolife.com/blog/sports-mom-essentials.md): Use this sports mom essentials checklist to reset the player bag and sideline extras, with a free fillable printable for every game. - [Team Mom Duties Checklist + Free Season Organizer](https://mavolife.com/blog/team-mom-duties-checklist.md): Use this team mom duties checklist with a free season workbook and field-bag sheet for dates, contacts, assignments, fees, and follow-ups. - [Fall Family Bucket List + Free Printable Plan](https://mavolife.com/blog/fall-family-bucket-list.md): Make a fall family bucket list that fits real weekends, with a free fillable plan for dates, owners, weather backups, and checkoffs. - [Homework Chart Printable for This Week's Work](https://mavolife.com/blog/homework-chart-printable.md): A free fillable homework chart printable that holds one week of next steps, and why you shouldn't copy the whole assignment list home from the portal. - [Halloween Party Checklist Printable: Four Handoffs](https://mavolife.com/blog/halloween-party-checklist.md): Use this Halloween party checklist printable to plan the timeline, name each helper, and run party day from one free fillable sheet. - [First Birthday Party Checklist: A Calm Timeline](https://mavolife.com/blog/first-birthday-party-planning-checklist.md): Use this first birthday party planning checklist to track guests, costs, bookings, deadlines, and party-day owners in a free spreadsheet. - [Family Declutter Day: A Realistic One-Day Plan](https://mavolife.com/blog/family-declutter-day.md): Plan a family declutter day with realistic room blocks, clear owners, and a free fillable sheet for keep, donate, sell, and discard decisions. - [Book Report Template Printable: 3 Free PDFs](https://mavolife.com/blog/book-report-template-printable.md): Download a free book report template printable set with fillable PDFs for early elementary, upper elementary, and middle school assignments. - [Meal Planning Template With Grocery List (Free)](https://mavolife.com/blog/meal-planning-template-grocery-list.md): Download a free meal planning template with grocery list: a Google Sheets-compatible workbook and fillable PDF for dinners, owners, and shopping. - [Parent-teacher conference questions: choose five](https://mavolife.com/blog/parent-teacher-conference-questions.md): Parent-teacher conference questions for every grade, plus a printable sheet to choose five, take useful notes, and leave with a clear follow-up. - [First Day of Kindergarten Checklist for Parents](https://mavolife.com/blog/first-day-of-kindergarten-checklist.md): A first day of kindergarten checklist for parents: what to confirm, pack, lay out, and hand off, plus a printable checklist and photo sign. - [Half that school packet is still on the counter](https://mavolife.com/blog/back-to-school-forms-checklist.md): The first-week packet is a dozen forms, each with its own deadline. A printable checklist, what every form is for, who has to sign it, and what to copy. - [The pediatrician's next opening is after tryouts](https://mavolife.com/blog/fall-sports-registration-tracker.md): Fall sign-ups land in the sleepiest weeks of summer. What comes due when, plus a printable tracker for each kid and sport. Book the physical first. - [Nobody else knows his dose or our pharmacy](https://mavolife.com/blog/kid-health-sheet.md): One page per kid with allergies, doses, providers, insurance and who to call, plus a card for the camp bag so the next adult isn't calling you for the dose. - [Summer camp checklist: the reusable weekly command sheet](https://mavolife.com/blog/summer-camp-command-sheet.md): A reusable summer camp checklist you build once: the daily packing kit, the forms and deadlines, and a drop-off and pickup grid for the whole session. - [Morning checklist for kids: the reusable card-deck version](https://mavolife.com/blog/school-morning-launch-pad.md): A reusable school-morning card deck: what goes on each card, the night-before reset, and how a kid runs it without being told twice. - [School's closed Thursday and we're both scheduled to work](https://mavolife.com/blog/no-school-days-childcare-plan.md): Every closed and shortened school day still lands inside your workday. Copy the sheet and give each one an owner, a real backup, and the hours to cover. - [Dinner when one kid eats at five and two eat at eight](https://mavolife.com/blog/weeknight-dinners-around-activities.md): A schedule-first dinner plan for activity nights: map the week, choose realistic meals, name owners, and keep groceries in one place. - [Babysitter notes: everything on one page before you go](https://mavolife.com/blog/babysitter-grandparent-handoff-template.md): A copyable babysitter information sheet that works for grandparents too, with tonight's plan, contacts, routines, what's different, and who owns the follow-up. - [The pickup text you send your nanny every week](https://mavolife.com/blog/caregiver-household-handbook.md): Your nanny knows the routine by now, and you're still texting it every week. Write the schedule, house rules, pay, and contacts once, on two printable sheets. - [Wait, is there school Monday?](https://mavolife.com/blog/school-calendar-to-family-calendar.md): Half days and teacher workdays hide in a PDF nobody opens. Here's how to get them into the calendar your family reads, and keep them current all year. - [Five days, one adult, and the trash still goes out Tuesday](https://mavolife.com/blog/solo-parent-week-partner-travels.md): Your partner travels and the week stays the same size. How to cut it down before they go, sort what lands back on you, and catch the one thing you'll forget. - [“I don't know, what do you want for dinner?”](https://mavolife.com/blog/meal-rotation-runs-itself.md): Nobody can name a dinner at the end of a workday. Keep a short list of the ones you already make, sorted by the kind of night each fits. Printable included. - [Six paragraphs from school and the date is in the fourth](https://mavolife.com/blog/stop-losing-track-of-school-emails.md): All that's left is a feeling that something is due. A by-hand system for getting every school email down to a date, a task, and whose job it is. - [First sleepover checklist: hosting and sending](https://mavolife.com/blog/first-sleepover-checklist.md): A first sleepover checklist that works both ways: what to pack and send when your kid goes, and the allergies, bedtime, and rules to capture when you host. - [Your parents have the kids all week. Tuesday is swim day.](https://mavolife.com/blog/grandparent-week-care-sheet.md): You're gone all week, so nobody walks in at night to see what drifted. Grandparents need the week laid out day by day, and a place to look numbers up. - [Four people live here. One of them knows the shoe sizes.](https://mavolife.com/blog/the-default-parent.md): In most houses one person knows the shoe sizes, the field trip date, and when the dentist is due. Why it lands there, what to keep, what to hand off. - [Weekly family meeting agenda that shares the load](https://mavolife.com/blog/weekly-family-meeting-agenda.md): A weekly family meeting agenda that keeps the mental load shared: review the week, assign an owner to each commitment, and offload what lives in one head. - [Saturday when two kids have games on two fields at once](https://mavolife.com/blog/sports-schedules-one-family-calendar.md): Pull the season out of the league PDF, the team app, and the group text, then put a name on every drive before two games land on one Saturday. - [How to share the mental load with your partner](https://mavolife.com/blog/sharing-load-with-partner.md): How to share the mental load with your partner by handing off whole domains, not one-off errands, so ownership actually moves instead of just the to-do. - [Driving up Friday night, or leaving in the dark](https://mavolife.com/blog/tournament-weekend-planner.md): A tournament weekend needs a hotel, a cooler, and an arrive-by time for every game. Fill in the printable planner while there's still room in the trunk. - [The chili is in the freezer somewhere](https://mavolife.com/blog/freezer-meals-busy-nights.md): You cooked it, you froze it, and now it's an unlabeled brick. What freezes well, what to write on the pan, and how the oldest meal gets eaten first. - [Carpool schedule template that ends the group text](https://mavolife.com/blog/carpool-schedule-template.md): A carpool schedule template that ends the group text: who drives, who's backup, who rides, and how swaps happen, without relitigating it every week. - [Mental load checklist: get it out of your head](https://mavolife.com/blog/mental-load-checklist.md): A mental load checklist that puts everything one parent silently tracks on one page, area by area, with two names beside it: who holds it, who takes it next. - [Not everyone you'd call can leave school with your kid](https://mavolife.com/blog/backup-pickup-plan.md): Your school decides who it will hand your kid to, and the rules vary. Find out before the day you need it, plus a printable call list and a text you can send. - [Somebody always drives to the old field](https://mavolife.com/blog/game-changes-cancellations.md): Field 4, an hour earlier, and you're the one forwarding it to five people. A copy-paste change message, and how to stop relaying updates person to person. - [Did someone already buy the milk?](https://mavolife.com/blog/shared-grocery-list-stays-current.md): By Thursday the Sunday list is half wrong. How to keep one shared grocery list true all week, whichever fridge pad or phone it lives on. - [Which one of us is staying home today?](https://mavolife.com/blog/sick-day-backup-care-plan.md): Decide keep home or send, split the day so nobody loses all of it, and print a card with the numbers you dial, your usual split, and the doses off the bottle. - [The same bag every morning, except on swim day](https://mavolife.com/blog/go-bag-card.md): A printable card to laminate and clip to the camp bag: the six things your kid packs every day, the one add-on that changes, and where the meds go. - [Team snack sign-up sheet for the whole season](https://mavolife.com/blog/team-snack-schedule-signup.md): A team snack sign-up sheet for the season: every game assigned to a family in advance, with allergy notes, so the snack schedule is settled early. - [Same bell, and all three of them go somewhere different](https://mavolife.com/blog/after-school-coverage-map.md): Aftercare, practice, a grandparent on Thursdays. A printable page per kid that names who collects them, so the afternoon that changed is hard to miss. - ["I signed it. Did it ever go back?"](https://mavolife.com/blog/permission-slip-tracker.md): Signing the slip is the easy half. The part that fails is the trip back to school. Here is the one line to write while the slip is still in your hand. - [The empty lunch box stare](https://mavolife.com/blog/school-lunchbox-week-planner.md): An open lunch box and the same decision every morning. A five-day rotation per kid that ends it, plus a printable grid and the staples to keep stocked. - [The parent with the flexible job does every pickup](https://mavolife.com/blog/two-parent-pickup-schedule.md): Nobody negotiated that. It accumulated, one Tuesday at a time. A printable weekly roster for splitting drop-off and pickup on purpose, backups included. ## Optional - [Terms of Service](https://mavolife.com/terms) - [Privacy Policy](https://mavolife.com/privacy)