name: care-com
description: Find caregivers for children, seniors, pets, and home care.
category: homeservices

Care.com Skill

Find caregivers for children, seniors, pets, and home care.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/care-com/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/care-com ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set CARECOM_EMAIL "your_email"
canifi-env set CARECOM_PASSWORD "your_password"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:
1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

1. Find Caregivers: Search for all types of care
2. Post Jobs: Create caregiver job listings
3. Background Checks: Run caregiver checks
4. Manage Bookings: Coordinate care schedules
5. Payment Processing: Handle caregiver payments

Usage Examples

Find Babysitter

User: "Find a babysitter for Saturday night"
Assistant: Returns available caregivers

Post Job

User: "Post a nanny job listing"
Assistant: Creates job posting

Run Background Check

User: "Run a background check on this caregiver"
Assistant: Initiates background screening

Schedule Care

User: "Book this caregiver for next week"
Assistant: Creates booking

Authentication Flow

1. Account-based authentication
2. No official API
3. Browser automation required
4. Subscription for full features

Error Handling

Notes

• All care types
• Background check services
• Subscription model
• Care@Work for businesses
• No public API
• Secure messaging