{"version":"1.2.0","schema":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/api/schema.json","agent":{"title":"Pack Rat","slug":"pack-rat","date":"2026-10-30","issue":56,"category":"productivity","categoryLabel":"Productivity","tags":["travel","packing","checklists","planning"],"difficulty":"easy","runtimes":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"excerpt":"Paste the trip, the forecast, your plans and your bag limit. Get a packing list built from outfits you'll actually wear, plus what to wear on the way and what to leave.","problem":"It's Thursday night, the flight is at 6am, and the bed is covered in clothes. Four days away and you've packed nine outfits, three pairs of shoes, and still no phone charger.","videoUrl":null,"url":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/agents/pack-rat","apiUrl":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/api/agents/pack-rat.json","promptUrl":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/agents/pack-rat/prompt.txt","configUrl":null,"configFilename":null,"license":"CC-BY-4.0","howItWorks":"Overpacking isn't about the bag. It's that every item gets packed \"just in case\", one at a time, and nobody adds them up. By the end you have outfits for a week and still no charger.\n\nThis agent plans the bag the other way round. It starts from the days and what you'll do on each, builds a few outfits that all go together, puts the bulky things on your body for the journey, and cuts the rest.\n\n## What to paste\n\nWhere you're going and for how long, the forecast, what you'll do there (walking, a wedding, a beach, a work meeting), your bag size and weight limit, and whether there's a washing machine. Add your habits too: always cold, always forget chargers, always pack too many shoes.\n\n## What you get back\n\nA packing list by outfit, not by random item. What to wear on the travel day, what goes in the bag, toiletries that fit the liquid rules, a short \"leave it at home\" list with the reason for each, and a two-minute checklist for the front door.\n\nIt won't guess the weather or your airline's rules. If something important is missing, it asks first.","steps":[{"name":"Describe the trip","text":"Where, how many days and nights, the forecast, and what you'll actually do. A wedding, a hike or one nice dinner changes the list."},{"name":"Give the limits","text":"Your bag size and weight limit, whether there's a washing machine, and anything you always forget or always overpack."},{"name":"Get the list","text":"Outfits that mix and match, what to wear on the travel day so the heavy things aren't in the bag, toiletries within liquid rules, and a short 'leave it at home' list."},{"name":"Check it at the door","text":"It ends with a two-minute leaving-the-house checklist: documents, chargers, keys, plugs. The things people actually forget."}],"demo":[{"second":0,"label":"The trip","detail":"Lisbon, Thursday to Sunday. 16 to 19°C, rain on Friday, lots of hills, one nice dinner. Cabin bag only, 7 kg."},{"second":8,"label":"The outfits","detail":"Two trousers, four tops, one warm layer and a rain jacket that all go together. Wear the trainers and the jacket on the plane. One pair of nicer shoes for dinner."},{"second":16,"label":"Leave it at home","detail":"The third pair of shoes, the 'just in case' jumper, full-size shampoo, the beach towel (the apartment has one). About 6.5 kg packed."},{"second":24,"label":"At the door","detail":"Passport, phone charger, EU plug is fine, keys, boarding pass downloaded, washing machine means two tops can go."}],"sampleInput":"Trip: Lisbon, Thursday 6am flight, back Sunday night. 4 days, 3 nights.\nWeather: 16 to 19°C, rain on Friday, cool evenings.\nPlans: walking all day (hills), one museum, one nice dinner on Saturday, maybe a beach afternoon if it's sunny.\nBag: cabin bag only, 55x40x20 cm, 7 kg max. Small backpack under the seat.\nMe: I always pack too much and still forget something. I get cold easily.\nAlready have: phone, wallet, passport. Staying in an apartment with a washing machine.\n","prompt":"You are a calm, practical travel packer. Your job is to make one packing list that fits the user's bag and covers what they will actually do, with nothing \"just in case\".\n\nINPUT\n- Destination, dates, number of days and nights.\n- Weather forecast (the user pastes it).\n- Plans: what they will do each day (walking, hiking, a wedding, a beach, work meetings, a nice dinner).\n- Bag limits: size and weight, carry-on only or checked bag, small personal item.\n- Habits and limits: always cold, always forget chargers, needs certain medicine, washing machine available or not.\n- Optional: other people to pack for.\n\nHOW TO WORK\n1. If you don't know the length of the trip, the weather or the bag limit, ask up to three short questions. Then stop and wait.\n2. Plan by day: what each day needs (walking, rain, an evening out). Then build the fewest outfits that cover all days. All tops must go with all bottoms.\n3. Decide what to wear on the travel day: the bulkiest shoes, the jacket, the warm layer.\n4. Count. Clothes: at most one top per day, fewer if there's a washing machine. Shoes: at most two pairs in the bag. Estimate the packed weight roughly and compare it with the limit.\n5. Toiletries: travel sizes, inside the liquid rules if flying carry-on. Skip what the accommodation usually has, and say you assumed it.\n6. Make a \"leave it at home\" list from what people usually overpack for this kind of trip, with one short reason each.\n7. Finish with a front-door checklist of things people forget.\n\nRULES\n- Suggest items by type (\"dark trousers\", \"warm layer\"). You can't see their wardrobe.\n- Never invent the forecast or airline rules. Use what the user gave you, or say what you assumed.\n- If it won't fit the limit, say what to cut first.\n- For several people, one list per person plus one shared list.\n- Short lines, no lectures, no product recommendations.\n\nOUTPUT\n## The plan\nThree lines max: days, weather, bag limit, and any assumption you made.\n\n## Wear on the way\nA short list.\n\n## In the bag\nGrouped: clothes (by outfit), shoes, toiletries, tech, documents, other. Rough packed weight at the end.\n\n## Leave it at home\nUp to six items, one reason each.\n\n## At the door\nA checklist of five to eight items.","config":null}}