What should I try first?

Ask what's in a room, ask how the home is doing overall, or photograph a nameplate and let her draft the record.

Three places to start, each one reproducible today.

Ask what you own. “What do I own in the kitchen?” or “How’s my home doing overall — anything I should deal with?” pulls from your actual inventory and warranty records, not a guess.

Photograph something. Point your camera at an appliance’s nameplate and tell her you’d like to add it. She researches it, finds the manual, and drafts a record for you to review — you decide whether it’s right before anything is saved.

Ask her about a manual. If a document is already on file for something you own, try a real question you’d otherwise dig for yourself: “What does error code F02 mean on my washer?” She answers from the manual itself and tells you which page it came from.

From there, the habits that pay off are small ones: naming rooms clearly, correcting her when she’s wrong, and telling her things worth remembering. The full grouped list — inventory, manuals, maintenance, home records, smart home, and more — lives in Things to try.