Adding care-recipients through Claude

ReminderIt is often used for someone else: a parent who needs a medication nudge, or a family member you check in on. Claude can manage that list of care-recipients for you, and it does so with consent built in. Before anyone receives reminder calls, ReminderIt rings them once to confirm they agree to be called.

Consent comes first

When you ask Claude to add a recipient, it uses add_recipient, and that does not silently enable calls. It triggers a consent call to the person you are adding, so they hear who is setting this up and can agree before any reminder is scheduled.

This is deliberate. Reminder calls are personal, and consent keeps the feature trustworthy for the people on the receiving end rather than just convenient for the organiser.

Adding someone by chat

Say "Add my mum as a recipient, her number is +44 7700 900123." Claude calls add_recipient with the details, and ReminderIt places the consent call to that number. Until she confirms, you will see her listed as pending.

If the consent call is missed or the verification lapses, ask Claude to "resend the confirmation to Mum" and it uses resend_recipient_verification to try again.

Reviewing and removing people

To see who is on your account, say "Who are my recipients?" and Claude runs list_recipients, showing each person and whether they are verified. It is worth a glance before you start scheduling, so a reminder does not attach to the wrong contact.

When someone no longer needs calls, "Remove Dad from my recipients" uses remove_recipient. Their reminders stop and they drop off the list.

A full worked flow

Here is the whole arc in one conversation. "Add my father as a recipient on +44 7700 900456." Claude runs add_recipient and the consent call goes out. Once he agrees, you say "List my recipients to confirm he's verified" and Claude uses list_recipients.

Now the reminders: "Set a daily 8am Europe/London call for Dad that says time for your morning tablets." Claude schedules it against his verified contact. If he later changes phones, resend_recipient_verification re-runs the consent step for the new number.

Keeping it appropriate

Reminder calls are a practical aid, not medical advice, so word them as simple prompts rather than instructions a clinician would give. Calls placed to a recipient still draw from your own monthly allowance, whether Free at 5 or Pro at 70 from the shared pool.

Everyone you add controls their own participation through that first consent call, and can decline. You can set up recipients and their reminders at reminderit.com.