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Friends planning a weekend away, with an AI in the chat

Most plans die in a group chat. Everyone has an opinion, nobody wants to pick, and the weekend goes by. In splitscreen your friends are in one chat together, and an AI is in it too, like a fourth friend who is good at lists.

The chat below is three friends choosing between a lake house and the city. Watch what the AI does. It does not decide for them. It lays out the options, and the friends decide together.

Maya made this room and invited Tomás and Aiko. The people and the plan are made up.

A curated transcript, written by us to show what the product does - not a recording of a session, not a live room, and not real people. The prices are the ordinary rates on what each AI can do.

lake or city?FriendsMaya · Tomás · Aiko
read-only demo$0.0102 spent
RoomMaya made this room and invited Tomás and Aiko. She has some credit, so she pays for their questions to the AI as well as her own.
MMaya

ok so lake house or the city this weekend. I need an answer by tonight!

TTomás

city. I need ramen in my life

AAiko

lake. I want one weekend with no traffic

MMaya

Claude, there are three of us, Saturday and Sunday, and about $150 each. Tomás wants ramen in the city and Aiko wants the lake. Can you give us one plan for each, and say which you would pick?

Claude · Sonnet 5.5

Here is one plan for each. Both fit in $150 each.

The lake house

  • Saturday: drive up in the morning, swim, a long dinner at the house.
  • Sunday: slow breakfast, a walk, home by 5.
  • Good if you want to talk and do nothing.

The city

  • Saturday: market lunch, a museum, ramen at night.
  • Sunday: brunch, a park, the train home.
  • Good if you want to wander and eat.

If I had to pick, I would go to the lake. When a group cannot decide, it usually wants a break more than a place. But the ramen is a real vote, so I would put a ramen night in the calendar for next week.

Tell me what each of you would be sad to miss and I will adjust.

TTomás

Could we do both? Lake on Saturday, city on Sunday?

Claude · Sonnet 5.5

You can, with one catch: the drive. If the lake house is two hours from the city, Sunday is half spent in a car. Here is a version that works.

  • Saturday: leave at 9, swim by noon, dinner at the house.
  • Sunday: leave the lake at 2, be in the city by 4, ramen at 7.

You lose the museum and the long Sunday breakfast. You keep the lake and the ramen. Ask Maya how far the house is first. Under two hours, this works.

MMaya

Exactly two hours. Fine by me! Lake Saturday, ramen Sunday. Aiko, can you book the house? Tomás, you are in charge of ramen.

AAiko

booked. nobody argue

This is a read-only demo.
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What this chat costDaily limit for friends $1.9950 · Maya’s credit $4.9898Details
What this chat costEach reply comes off Maya’s credit. A friend’s question also counts against the daily limit.
AfterDaily limit for friendsMaya’s credit
Maya opens the room$2.0000$5.0000
Maya asks Claude$2.0000$4.9948
Tomás asks Claude$1.9950$4.9898
Daily limit for friends
The most this room can spend today on a friend’s question. Maya sets it.
Maya’s credit
Her balance. Her own questions come off it, and so does anything she covers for a friend.
Everyone asks in the same place

Maya asked first and Tomás asked the next question. It is one chat, so nobody has to copy answers around or ask twice.

The AI helps, the friends decide

It gave a plan for each side and said which one it would pick. Then it fit both together when Tomás asked. The last word is Maya’s.

Works for any plan

Where to eat, what to give someone, who brings what. If a plan is stuck in your chat, put the AI in the chat and ask.

Before you start a room

Make a room, invite your friends, and start with the free replies. Add credit later if you want the stronger AIs or want to pay for the group. The demo room is a longer chat if you want one first, and pricing has the details.

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