Frequently asked questions
How Family Matters works and what to do if something goes wrong.
What is Family Matters?
A web app to run the household as a family: the week's menu, the shopping list, chores, each member's activities and the household accounts. Each person in the family logs in with their own account.
How much does it cost?
It is free.
How do I start?
Create an account with your name, an email and the family name. Then invite the rest of the family and add a few dishes you often cook: with that you can plan the first week, and the shopping list builds itself.
How does the rest of the family join?
From the panel, you send an email invitation to each person and choose their role: parent, teen or child. The invitation link expires after 7 days. If someone has no email of their own or cannot open the invitation, you can create their account directly.
I created a new family by mistake. How do I join my family?
Ask someone in your family to invite you from the app with the same email you registered with. Open the invitation link, log in and accept it. If you were the only member of the family you created by mistake, that family is deleted.
What can children see and do?
Parents decide. For each area (tasks, activities, recipes, finances, members) teens and children can be allowed to view, edit or delete. By default, children do not see finances.
Which languages does it support?
Catalan, Spanish and English. Each member chooses theirs, and notifications and emails reach them in that language.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes, from the phone's browser. If you add it to the home screen, it opens like an app and can send notifications to the device. On iPhone, notifications only work with the app added to the home screen.
Who sees my family's data?
Only the members of the family, each according to their permissions. Photos are not public: only logged-in members of the family see them. If you share a dish with a friend family, that family sees the dish and its photo, nothing else.
Can I use Claude or ChatGPT with Family Matters?
Yes. Once connected, you can ask it things like "plan this week's dinners", "how much did we spend on food this month?" or "note that Thursday is the dentist".
It acts on behalf of whoever connected it, with the same permissions that person has in the app. Every change it makes is logged, and the family creator and parents can review it. It cannot upload photos or create accounts with a password.
How do I connect Claude?
- In Claude, go to the connector settings and add a custom connector.
- As the URL, enter
https://family.oscarperiche.com/mcp. - Claude opens Family Matters: log in with your account and click "Authorize".
Each family member connects their own account. To disconnect it, remove the connector in Claude.
How do I connect ChatGPT?
- In ChatGPT, go to the apps and connectors settings and create a new one. Depending on your plan, you may need to turn on developer mode first.
- As the URL, enter
https://family.oscarperiche.com/mcp. - ChatGPT opens Family Matters: log in with your account and click "Authorize".
Each family member connects their own account. To disconnect it, remove the connector in ChatGPT.
Can I share dishes with other families?
Yes, with friend families. Each family has a code: once one family adds the other with its code and the other accepts, you can send each other dishes. Whoever receives a dish can accept it, and it is copied into their recipes.
Can I get my data out of the app?
You can download each month's finance summary and each week's shopping list as Excel. The list can also be printed or copied as text.
Where is the help for each area?
Inside the panel, the user menu (top right) has "Help", with a page for each area: tasks, activities, dishes and menu, shopping list, finances, members and permissions, and Claude and ChatGPT. Each area also has a help button at the top.