Invite people to your home

Invite links let a person join the household, connect their own phone, and start using personal Homie safely.

Use this when someone in the household needs their own profile, phone experience, memories, brief, channels, or account connections.

This is a practical page. It focuses on the controls a normal household member needs, not on how Homie is built.

Start from the household member area. Create the member first if they do not exist yet, then generate an invite link for that person or create a shareable household invite.

- Open household settings and choose Members.

- Add the person with their real name and role.

- Generate an invite for that person, or create an open invite when several people need to join.

- Send or copy the link through a channel you trust.

- Ask the person to open it on the phone they want to use with Homie.

- After they join, check that their phone is claimed by the right member.

Use these controls when you want to correct Homie, reduce noise, or make the home match how the household actually works.

- Member name, role, avatar, and language details.

- Which phone belongs to the member.

- Whether the invite is a one-person invite or a reusable open invite.

- Whether an open invite stays active or is revoked before it expires.

Homie should stay honest about what changed. If an action needs a trusted device, a claimed member, or an approval, it should say so before pretending the work is done.

- It will not make an unclaimed phone private just because someone opened the website.

- It will not show a new member private memories until their device is claimed.

- It will not keep a revoked or expired invite usable.

- It will not guess the inviter if you explicitly choose who is sending the invite.

A person becomes private only after Homie can connect the phone to that member. Before that, the device should be treated as public or shared.

Invite links should be shared only with people you want in the household. If a link was posted in the wrong place, revoke it and create a new one.

After making an operational change, do one small check. It is the easiest way to catch a wrong member, wrong device, stale link, or missing permission while the context is still fresh.

- Open the member list and confirm the new member appears.

- Open device settings and confirm the phone is marked as mobile and claimed by that member.

- Ask the member to open personal Homie and check that it says their name.

Start with the setup or identity question first. Most confusion in Homie comes from not knowing which device, person, room, or skill is in play.

- Use one invite per person when privacy matters.

- Use an open invite only for a trusted family group.

- Revoke old links after everyone has joined.

Most Homie issues come from setup, identity, or approval state. Work through these checks before assuming Homie ignored the request.

- Check whether the device is trusted, claimed, and named correctly.

- Open the relevant settings or Skills card and confirm setup is complete.

- Try the same request with the exact device, member, room, or skill name.

Good to know: Most operational changes take effect right away on the home system, but connected accounts and devices may need a refresh or reconnect.

- Use one invite per person when privacy matters.

- Use an open invite only for a trusted family group.

- Revoke old links after everyone has joined.

- Invite Maya to Homie.

- Show me who is in the household.

- Create a fresh invite link for Sam.