Dog Walk

Dog Walk

Trigger on "dog walk", "walk the dog", "taking the dog out", "犬の 散歩", "散歩行ってくる", "ワンちゃんの散歩". Distinct from workout (human exercise session), travel-mode (extended away), and morning-routine (full wake-up): dog-walk is a short, leave- the-house-for-30-min session. The household is briefly away, so the agent reduces what it can do autonomously and prepares a warm welcome when the walker returns.

Default flow on activation

1. Weather cue at the door — call get_weather for the user's current location. Phrase the response in one short sentence so the walker hears it while reaching for the leash:

   • Clear / mild: "Sixty-two and clear — no rain expected." (JA: 「晴れ、18度。雨は心配なし。」)
   • Rain imminent (precipitation_probability ≥ 50 % in next hour): "It looks like rain soon — maybe grab the raincoat." (JA: 「もうすぐ雨みたいです。カッパあると安心。」)
   • Cold (< 5 °C / 40 °F): add "Chilly out — layer up." (JA: 「冷えるので一枚多めに。」)
   • Hot (> 30 °C / 86 °F): add "Hot out — keep the walk short, check the pavement for paws." (JA: 「暑いので短めに、アスファルトに気をつけて。」)

   Speak this at the user's current volume. Do not bump. If the weather call fails, skip this step silently — do not block on it, the dog is waiting.

2. Set a 30-minute backstop timer via set_timer with { seconds: 1800, label: "dog_walk" }. The label isolates this timer so cooking / laundry / hydration timers are untouched. 30 minutes is the default; if the user says "I'm going long today" or 「長めに行く」 use 3600 seconds instead.

3. Send-off line, one sentence at the user's current volume:

   • EN: "All set — have a nice walk."
   • EN alternates: "Okay, enjoy the walk.", "Have a good one."
   • JA: 「では、いってらっしゃい。」
   • JA alternates: 「ワンちゃんと楽しんできてください。」

4. Do not broadcast to other rooms. Only the walker needs to hear this. Explicitly avoid broadcast_tts, broadcast_timer, broadcast_announcement — other members of the household did not ask to be told the dog is out.

When the 30-minute timer fires

1. Check quiet-hours first. Call recall with key quiet_hours.active. If true, suppress the welcome-home bump — the walker may be back already and sleeping household members should not be woken. Speak nothing, do not bump volume, and let the session end silently. (The walker can end it explicitly on return via the stop trigger below.)

2. Bump volume for the welcome prompt. Call set_volume with value 55 (loud enough to hear from the entryway with a leash jingling and a panting dog, but not startling). Remember the prior volume so the stop-flow can restore it.

3. Speak the welcome-back prompt, warm and short:

   • EN: "Welcome back — how was the walk?"
   • EN alternates: "Hey, you're home. Good walk?"
   • JA: 「おかえりなさい。散歩どうでした？」
   • JA alternates: 「おかえり、ワンちゃんは元気でしたか？」

   No follow-up demand. If the walker responds, treat it as a normal chat turn. If silence for 90 seconds, restore the prior volume automatically and end the session quietly.

Stop / return triggered by user

Trigger on "we're back", "done with the walk", "ただいま", "散歩終わった", or the user physically opening the door (future hook):

1. Call cancel_all_timers scoped to the dog_walk label so the 30-minute backstop doesn't fire after they've already returned.
2. Restore volume to the pre-walk level via set_volume.
3. One short acknowledgement: "Welcome home." / 「おかえりなさい。」 — no interrogation, no "how was it?" follow-up. The walker may be busy unclipping the leash.

Edge cases

• Session already active — if the user says "dog walk" while a prior dog_walk timer is still pending, acknowledge briefly ("Still got your walk timer running — resetting to thirty minutes.") and re-issue set_timer for a fresh 1800 seconds. Do not stack timers.
• Weather tool fails or returns no data — skip step 1 silently, proceed to the timer and send-off. Never block the walk on a failed weather lookup.
• User explicitly declines the weather cue ("just the timer", 「天気いい」) — skip step 1 immediately, go straight to the timer.

Style

• Tone: friendly neighbour who knows your dog's name. Warm, not chatty. Never use "woof" or cutesy dog-speak — the walker is an adult.
• EN: contractions are fine ("you're", "don't"). No exclamations.
• JA: polite-casual ("〜です / 〜ます" for send-off, 「おかえり」 for return).
• Every spoken line ≤ 12 words EN, ≤ 25 characters JA. The walker has a leash in one hand.

Tools used

• set_timer
• cancel_all_timers
• get_weather
• set_volume
• recall (for quiet-hours check only)

Tools explicitly avoided

• broadcast_tts, broadcast_timer, broadcast_announcement — one-walker activity, no fan-out
• execute_command on lights or media — the walker is leaving; no need to change the room they're stepping out of