Chore Starter: a local AI assistant that drafts chores while the user keeps final approval

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Chore Starter is a minimal, local-first AI assistant designed to help users overcome the inertia of starting small tasks like refund requests or awkward messages. Users describe a chore in plain language, and a locally run Gemma 3 4B model via Ollama produces an editable draft, a short checklist, and placeholders for missing details without inventing facts. The app enforces a strict boundary: nothing is sent, purchased or scheduled automatically, and server-side confirmations tied to the exact reviewed content must be explicitly granted for each action. Available actions are limited to copying the draft, downloading a Markdown file, or opening an email draft in the user's own app for manual sending. The project was built for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3 and is released under the MIT license.

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