Weekly Birthday and Holiday Alert & Gift Ideas Poke Recipe

Who this is for

Parents, spouses, and adult kids who buy cards for the same people all year.

Families that already keep birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays in a connected calendar.

People who would rather batch one card run than make a dozen tiny emergency trips.

The problem it solves

The hard part is remembering early enough to do something thoughtful without driving to the store the night before.

What the recipe does

Runs a weekly check for upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other card-worthy dates.

Reviews connected calendars, contacts, and email context allowed in the Poke recipe.

Turns the next set of dates into a practical list for cards, gifts, or follow-up ideas.

Helps you batch the errand so important dates stop arriving as little emergencies.

What it connects to

Poke

Calendar

Contacts

Email

What data it may access

Calendar events, event titles, dates, notes, and recurring holiday context.

Contact details or relationship clues you allow Poke to use for gift and card ideas.

Email context only if it is connected and relevant to upcoming celebrations.

What it will not do

It will not buy, write, mail, or send cards for you.

It will not guarantee dates that are missing from your calendar or contacts.

It will not make the final judgment about what is appropriate for a specific person.

Example prompts

What card-worthy dates are coming up in the next 90 days?

Make me a chronological list of birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays I should buy cards for.

Run the weekly birthday and holiday alert, then group the results by the kind of card I should buy.

Install / Try the recipe

Status: Approved.

Last tested: 2026-06-16.

Use the install link after checking the access notes and known limits.

First test prompt

Run a read-only check for the next 90 days. List card-worthy dates by date, relationship, and suggested card type. Do not send messages or make calendar changes.

Known limits

The list is only as complete as the birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, contacts, and emails Poke can access.

Gift and card ideas still need a human check because relationships carry context a recipe should not guess at too confidently.

A date can tell you when to buy a card. The relationship still decides what kind of card belongs there.

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Disclosure

I may earn a small payout if you sign up for Poke through one of my recipe links.