I Did My Chores - Help & SOPs

1. Go to ididmc.com.
2. Select Get Started to open the sign-up page.
3. Choose Sign Up.
4. Enter your email, create a password, confirm the password, and select Create Account.
5. Or select Continue with Google to create the account with a Google login.

1. Go to ididmc.com and select Log In.
2. Enter your email and password, then select Log In.
3. If you used Google when signing up, select Continue with Google.
4. If your household already exists, you will land on the Parent Dashboard.
5. If setup is incomplete, the dashboard shows a Finish household setup checklist with a Continue link.

The guided setup assistant walks parents through the first household setup one screen at a time.

1. Welcome: review the guided setup, beta testing note, and daily workflow overview.
2. Email check: continue through the verification placeholder. Email-code verification will be added later.
3. Family and children: enter parent name, household name, and add at least one child with a name, color, and 4-digit PIN.
4. Choose compensation: select Points, Flat Pay, or Daily Minimum, then complete the matching earning settings.
5. Set pay cycle: choose weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or as-needed.
6. Choose approval mode: select Manual Approval or Auto Approve.
7. Add starter chores: add one or two chores or skip and add chores later.
8. Launch dashboard: review the summary, copy the kid dashboard link if needed, and open the parent dashboard.

If a parent selects Set Up Later, the app saves the household and opens the parent dashboard with a setup checklist.

1. Open the parent dashboard.
2. Find the Finish household setup checklist near the top of Overview.
3. Select Continue to return to guided setup.
4. Complete missing items: parent/family details, child, compensation model, pay cycle, approval mode, and chore.
5. When all checklist items are complete, select Mark Setup Complete or finish the guided setup flow.
6. Open Settings → Share with Kids, copy the kid dashboard link, and send it to the children.

1. Start on Overview to check today's submissions, pending items, and approved work.
2. If the pending alert appears, open Approvals and review submissions.
3. If your household needs changes, use Chores for chore edits or Settings for household rules.
4. Open Settings → Share with Kids to copy the kid dashboard link for each child's device.
5. Use History to review completion patterns and parent-entered corrections.
6. When there are earnings to settle, use the Pay Out button in Overview.

1. Overview: shows today's submissions, pending count, approved count, kid balances, payout estimates, and today's activity.
2. Approvals: shows submitted chores that need parent review, plus any fraud-flagged items.
3. Chores: where parents add, edit, expand, and delete chore cards.
4. History: shows recent completion bars, PTO markers, manual corrections, and the payday formula.
5. Settings: where parents manage compensation, pay cycle, approval mode, kids, PTO, email notifications, sharing, account, legal, and help.

1. From Overview, select + Past Work.
2. Choose the kid, date, chore, and status.
3. Add an optional parent note.
4. Select Save.
5. To adjust a parent-entered item later, find it in Overview or History and select Edit.

1. Open the Chores tab.
2. Select + Add.
3. Enter the Chore Name.
4. Add Standards / What done means so kids know what counts as complete.
5. Enter the active value for the current compensation model: points for points model, flat dollar amount for flat pay, or no per-chore value for daily minimum.
6. Choose the frequency: daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, annual, or as-needed.
7. Choose whether the chore is available to any kid or assigned to one kid only.
8. Add optional sub-tasks if the chore needs a checklist.
9. Select Save Chore.

1. Open Chores.
2. Find the chore card.
3. Select Edit.
4. Change the name, standards, value, frequency, assignment, or sub-tasks.
5. Select Save Chore.

1. Open Chores.
2. Find the chore card.
3. Select the X delete button.
4. Confirm that you want to delete the chore.

1. Use Standards for written instructions like "wipe counters, sweep floor, and empty trash."
2. Use Sub-tasks when the kid must check off several steps before submitting.
3. Select + Add Sub-task in the chore modal for each checklist item.
4. Remove a sub-task with the X button next to that row.
5. Save the chore after updating the list.

1. Open Approvals.
2. Review each submitted chore card.
3. Open the proof photo if you need a larger view.
4. Check the child name, chore name, submission date/time, and checklist details.
5. Select Approve if the work counts.
6. Select Reject if the work should not count.

1. Open Approvals.
2. Find the pending submission.
3. Select Exceeded Expectations.
4. Enter the bonus points.
5. Save the bonus. The submission is approved with the added bonus points.

1. Open Settings.
2. Expand Approval Mode.
3. Select Manual Approval if parents should review every submission.
4. Select Auto Approve if submissions should count immediately.

1. Open Overview.
2. Review each child's period points and estimated payout.
3. Select Pay Out when earnings are ready to settle.
4. Review the payout summary.
5. Select Confirm Pay Out & Start New Period.

1. Open Settings.
2. Expand Kids.
3. Select + Add Kid.
4. Enter the child's name.
5. Enter optional phone and optional birthday in MM-DD format.
6. Create a 4-digit PIN.
7. Choose an avatar color.
8. Select Add Kid.

1. Open Settings → Kids.
2. Find the child's row.
3. Select Edit Name to rename the child.
4. Select Birthday to add, change, or clear the birthday.
5. Select Phone to add or change a phone number.
6. Select Reset PIN to create a new 4-digit PIN.

1. Open Settings → Kids.
2. Find the child.
3. Select Remove.
4. Confirm the removal.

1. Open Settings.
2. Expand Share with Kids.
3. Select Copy Kid Dashboard Link.
4. Send the copied link to your kids by text, email, or another family channel.
5. Give each child their own 4-digit PIN.

1. The child opens the kid dashboard link from the parent.
2. The child selects their name.
3. The child enters their 4-digit PIN.
4. The first dashboard visit shows a short guide explaining how to use the chore list.
5. The app opens that child's dashboard.

1. From the kid dashboard, review the daily and non-daily chore lists.
2. If the first-time guide appears, read it and select Got It.
3. Tap an available chore to claim it.
4. If the chore has standards, tap the info button to read the instructions.
5. If the chore has sub-tasks, check every item in the checklist.
6. Tap the photo area to take or choose a proof photo.
7. When the checklist and photo are complete, select Submit & Claim.
8. Review the success screen to see whether the chore is pending parent approval or auto-approved.

1. On weekends, the kid dashboard shows a weekend rest screen.
2. On a scheduled PTO day, the kid dashboard shows a day-off screen.
3. On the child's birthday, the kid dashboard shows a birthday screen.
4. The child can use Switch Kid from special-day screens when needed.

1. Open Settings.
2. Expand Compensation Model.
3. Select model A, B, or C.
4. Fill in the fields shown for that model.
5. Select Save Compensation Settings.
6. Open Chores and update each chore's active value field if needed.
7. Review Overview and History to confirm payouts and formulas read correctly.

1. Open Settings.
2. Expand Pay Cycle.
3. Choose weekly, every two weeks, twice a month, monthly, or as needed.
4. For weekly or bi-weekly, enter the anchor start date.
5. For as-needed, enter the current period start and end dates.
6. Select Save Pay Cycle.

1. Open Settings → PTO / Days Off.
2. Set the number of PTO days allowed per year. Use 0 to disable PTO.
3. For a child, choose a PTO date.
4. Select Grant to add the day off.
5. Use Change to move a scheduled PTO day.
6. Use Remove to cancel a PTO day.

1. Open Settings → Email Notifications.
2. Turn Daily Summary on or off.
3. If Daily Summary is on, choose the send time.
4. Turn Weekly Payday on or off.
5. If Weekly Payday is on, choose the day and time.
6. Turn Per-Kid Emails on if you want separate emails by child.

1. Open Settings → Account.
2. Find Contact Info.
3. Update parent email or parent phone.
4. Select Save Contact Info.

1. Open Settings → Account.
2. Review the Your Plan card.
3. Use the upgrade or downgrade button if available.

1. Open Settings → Account.
2. Select Sign Out.
3. The app clears the session and returns you to the login page.

1. Open Settings → Account.
2. Select Delete Account.
3. Read the deletion warning.
4. Select Delete Everything.
5. Confirm the final browser warning.

1. Confirm the child opened the correct household link from Settings → Share with Kids.
2. Confirm the child selected the correct name.
3. Open Settings → Kids and verify the child's PIN.
4. If needed, select Reset PIN and give the child the new 4-digit PIN.
5. If the dashboard still does not load, refresh the page and try again.

1. Open Chores on the parent dashboard.
2. Find the chore and select Edit.
3. Check the assignment field. If the chore is assigned to another child, switch it to Any kid or the correct child.
4. Check the frequency. Daily chores appear in the daily list; non-daily chores appear in the weekly/non-daily list.
5. Save the chore and refresh the kid dashboard.

1. Make sure the child has selected a photo.
2. If the chore has sub-tasks, make sure every sub-task is checked.
3. Check the internet connection.
4. Use a smaller photo if the app says the photo is too large.
5. Cancel and reopen the chore if the submit button does not unlock after completing the requirements.

Contact support when the instructions above do not fix the issue or when household data looks wrong.

1. Take a screenshot of the screen where the issue happened.
2. If possible, record a short video showing the steps that led to the issue.
3. Write down the parent email, child name, chore name, device/browser, and approximate time.
4. Use the site's support form or contact page with those details.
5. If a support form is not available yet, email support directly.

During beta testing, users should expect that some bugs may appear because of browser differences, connection issues, account setup differences, or other unforeseen circumstances.

1. Describe what you were trying to do.
2. Describe exactly what happened instead.
3. List the steps to recreate the issue, if you can.
4. Attach screenshots of the screen where the issue happened.
5. Attach a short screen recording if the issue involves tapping, switching screens, uploading photos, or something disappearing.
6. Include the device, browser, parent email, child name if relevant, and approximate time.
7. Submit the report through the beta feedback form or support form.

Recommended: keep a simple public-facing update log during beta so testers know their reports are being heard.

1. Open the Help or Beta Updates section.
2. Review the latest fixes, known issues, and workarounds.
3. If your issue is already listed, follow the workaround or wait for the planned fix.
4. If your issue is not listed, submit a new bug report.