What Ariadne may do, and what it may not
An assistant that acts on a real computer and in a real home needs limits. We state them plainly.
We ask before anything that cannot be undone
Sending a message, deleting a file, unlocking a door, emptying the bin: for these Ariadne says what it intends to do and waits for your yes.
Reversible things, such as reading, searching, checking or turning on a light, it does straight away, because asking about each would turn a conversation into an interrogation.
What we will not change
A few things we will not trade for convenience.
- We do not invent state. Ariadne says only what actually follows from a tool's result, and when something failed, it says so with the reason.
- We do not announce success we have not verified. “Saved” without saving misleads someone who cannot see the screen.
- A disabled plugin is never launched: someone else's code does not run in the background.
- The activity log stays on your disk and you can delete it.
What Ariadne is not
It is not a medical device and not a safety system. It will not warn you about a fire, will not call for help and will not replace a sensor.
Home control depends on HomeKit and on the devices themselves. If something is out of range or unresponsive, Ariadne will say so, but it will not do their job for them.
Something concerns you?
Reports about safety and accessibility come first.