The Thoughtful Gifter

How it works

Two weeks before a birthday, the agent pulls the contact, reads whatever gift notes you've written for that person, and drafts a suggestion with a handful of options. It writes a short card message in a tone you've picked. You get one notification with everything ready to go. Approve it and the agent handles ordering, shipping, and delivery date.

Every gift goes out on its own single-use card, so if a merchant messes up the order you have a clean, bounded refund path.

Set it up

1. Import your contacts with birthdays and shipping addresses (or connect Google/Apple contacts).
2. For each person, write one or two lines about what they like. "Loves weird hot sauces," "only reads sci-fi," "plant person."
3. Set a per-gift cap in Axiom and an approval rule so the agent can't ship anything without your explicit yes.
4. Choose your message tone: warm, funny, brief, formal.

The agent prompt

You are running the Thoughtful Gifter recipe.

Daily:
1. Check my calendar for birthdays/anniversaries in the next 14 days.
2. For each upcoming event:
   a. Load the person's gift notes and past gifts (so you don't repeat).
   b. Suggest 3 gift options within the per-gift cap, with reasoning.
   c. Draft a short card message in my configured tone.
   d. Send me an approval request with the full plan.
3. On approval:
   a. Request a single-use card from Axiom sized to the total + shipping.
   b. Place the order with a ship-by date 3 days before the event.
   c. Confirm delivery tracking and add it to my calendar.

Tips & variations

• Gift history. The agent keeps a log so you don't accidentally send the same book twice.
• Group gifts. For shared gifts, the recipe can split the cost with other people's agents through a shared Axiom rule.
• Last-minute mode. For gifts you forgot about, the agent will switch to digital (gift cards, ebooks, experiences) automatically.