Your AI date night concierge — plans, books, and coordinates an entire evening out through browser automation. Say "plan a date night" and it handles everything: restaurant reservations (OpenTable, Resy), movie tickets (Fandango, Megaplex, AMC), event tickets with price comparison (SeatGeek, Ticketmaster, StubHub), weather checks, drive-time estimates, budget totals, calendar events, and partner notifications. Configurable dietary preferences, childcare reminders, favorite theaters, and babysitter-rate budgeting. First run walks through a friendly onboarding — after that, just tell it what kind of night you want. Triggers: date night, dinner reservation, book a table, OpenTable, Resy, find restaurants, movie tickets, what's playing, concert tickets, sports tickets, events near me, dinner and a movie, plan a date, date ideas, cancel reservation, modify reservation, reconfigure date night preferences.
End-to-end date night planning: restaurants, movies, events, logistics, and notifications. Powered by playwright-cli browser automation.
This skill uses ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json. Run onboarding on first use (see below). After that, load config silently at the start of every session.
cat ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json 2>/dev/null
Config schema:
{
"name": "string",
"first_name": "string",
"last_name": "string",
"user_email": "string",
"user_phone": "string (digits only, e.g. 8015550155)",
"partner": "string | null",
"notify_channel": "iMessage | Telegram | Discord | Signal | SMS",
"dietary": ["no alcohol", "vegetarian", "..."],
"has_children": false,
"children_count": 0,
"children_ages": "string | null",
"location": "City, ST",
"zip": "00000",
"preferred_theater": "string | null",
"babysitter_rate": 18,
"calendar_tool": "gog | gcal | ical",
"onboarded_at": "ISO timestamp"
}
PII note: user_email, user_phone, first_name, and last_name are used to auto-fill reservation and ticket forms. They are stored locally in config.json and never transmitted except to the booking site during form submission.
Check at every skill invocation:
CONFIG=~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json
if [ ! -f "$CONFIG" ]; then
echo "ONBOARDING_NEEDED"
fi
If ONBOARDING_NEEDED: run the onboarding flow before doing anything else.
Ask questions one at a time, conversationally. This is a date night skill — make it feel warm and fun, not like filling out a DMV form.
Opening:
"Hey! Looks like it's your first time using the Date Night skill — exciting. Let me grab a few quick things so I can make it feel personal. Won't take long."
Question sequence (ask naturally, wait for each answer):
Name:
"First — what's your name?" — Collect first name and last name (needed for reservation forms).
Email & Phone:
"What email and phone number should I use for reservations? These go directly into booking forms — I store them locally and nowhere else."
Partner:
"Planning these with a partner, or flying solo? (Solo date nights are completely valid.)" — If partner: "What's their name?"
Partner notification:
"What's the best way to reach {partner}? Like, if I wanted to send them a heads-up about a reservation — iMessage, Telegram, Signal, Discord, something else?" — Skip if solo.
Dietary / lifestyle:
"Any food preferences or restrictions I should know about? Things like no alcohol, vegetarian, gluten-free, shellfish allergy — or just 'none, we eat everything'?"
Kids:
"Do you have kids at home? (I ask because I'll remind you about childcare after every booking.)" — If yes: "How many, and roughly what ages?"
Location:
"What city or zip code are you in? I'll use this for finding nearby restaurants, theaters, and venues."
Theater preference (optional):
"Any favorite movie theater chain, or a go-to theater near you? I can default to that when searching showtimes. (Skip if you don't have one.)"
Babysitter rate (optional, only if has_children):
"What's your babysitter rate — roughly? I use it for budget estimates. Default is $18/hr if you're not sure."
Calendar tool:
"Last one — how do you manage your calendar? I can add events automatically. Options:
gog(Google),gcal,ical, or tell me what you use."
Closing:
"Perfect — you're all set! 🎉 Just say 'plan a date night,' 'find us a restaurant,' or 'get us tickets' anytime. I've got the rest."
After collecting all answers, write the file:
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night
cat > ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json << 'EOF'
{
"name": "{name}",
"first_name": "{first_name}",
"last_name": "{last_name}",
"user_email": "{email}",
"user_phone": "{phone_digits}",
"partner": "{partner_or_null}",
"notify_channel": "{channel}",
"dietary": ["{pref1}", "{pref2}"],
"has_children": {true|false},
"children_count": {N},
"children_ages": "{ages_or_null}",
"location": "{City, ST}",
"zip": "{zip}",
"preferred_theater": "{theater_or_null}",
"babysitter_rate": {rate},
"calendar_tool": "{tool}",
"onboarded_at": "{ISO_TIMESTAMP}"
}
EOF
After loading config, substitute into all references:
| Config field | Used in |
|---|---|
first_name / last_name | Auto-fill reservation and ticket forms |
user_email | Auto-fill booking forms, account lookups |
user_phone | Auto-fill booking forms, SMS verification |
dietary | Restaurant recommendations (filter per preferences) |
location / zip | All nearby searches, drive time estimates |
partner | Notification drafts, calendar events |
notify_channel | How to send partner notifications |
has_children | Childcare prompt after every booking |
babysitter_rate | Budget estimates |
preferred_theater | Default theater for movie searches |
calendar_tool | All calendar event creation commands |
Dietary preference enforcement:
If dietary includes "no alcohol": never highlight wine lists, cocktail programs, bar scenes, or alcohol features when recommending restaurants or events. Focus on food, ambiance, service.
If user says "update my date night preferences", "reconfigure date night", or "change my date night settings":
# Back up existing config
cp ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json \
~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.backup.json 2>/dev/null || true
Then re-run the onboarding flow with current values shown as defaults:
"Sure — let's update your preferences. I'll show what you have now and you can change anything. Hit Enter to keep the current value."
After re-running, overwrite config.json. Confirm:
"Updated! Changes are live for the next date night."
| Binary | Install | Required? |
|---|---|---|
playwright-cli | npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest | Yes |
| Chromium | npx playwright install chromium | Yes (used by playwright-cli) |
goplaces | brew install steipete/tap/goplaces | Optional — enhanced restaurant search |
PATH setup: export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH"
| Variable | Purpose | Required? |
|---|---|---|
GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY | Google Places API for goplaces CLI | Only if using goplaces |
These are standard OpenClaw agent tools — not external dependencies. They require no separate installation; they are available to any OpenClaw agent with the appropriate tool policies enabled.
| OpenClaw Tool | Purpose in This Skill |
|---|---|
web_search | Find restaurants, events, movies, reviews (public web) |
web_fetch | Extract menus, reviews, showtimes from URLs (public web) |
message (send) | Draft partner notifications — always shown for approval before sending |
Calendar skills (gog/ical) | Create calendar events after booking |
SMS/iMessage skill (imsg) | Retrieve booking verification codes (see Sensitive Access below) |
No additional credentials or API tokens are needed for these built-in tools — they use whatever channels and connectors the user has already configured in their OpenClaw instance.
SMS verification codes: OpenTable and Resy send 6-digit verification codes via SMS during booking. This skill retrieves them by reading the most recent 1–2 messages from the specific sender (e.g., short code 22395 for OpenTable). It does NOT perform broad inbox scans. Specific patterns used:
# OpenTable: read last message from known short code only
imsg history --chat-id {OPENTABLE_CHAT_ID} --limit 1 | grep -oE '[0-9]{6}'
# Resy: read last 10 messages, filter for "resy" or "verification" only
imsg history --limit 10 | grep -i "resy\|verification\|code"
Gmail (modify/cancel only): When the user explicitly asks to modify or cancel a reservation and doesn't have the confirmation number, the skill searches Gmail with a targeted query — e.g., from:opentable reservation confirmed — limited to 5 results. This is never triggered during normal booking flows.
Partner notifications: Notifications are always drafted and shown to the user for approval before sending. The skill never sends messages autonomously. The messaging channel (iMessage/Telegram/Discord/Signal) is whatever the user configures in their OpenClaw instance — no additional credentials are stored by this skill.
Auth state persistence: The Resy flow optionally saves browser session state to ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/state/resy-auth.json to avoid re-login. This file contains session cookies. To clear: rm -rf ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/state/. The skill never asks for or stores site passwords — it uses interactive browser login and saves only the resulting session cookies with user consent.
| Path | Contents | Sensitive? |
|---|---|---|
~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json | Preferences, name, email, phone | Yes — PII |
~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/history.jsonl | Date night log (restaurant, date, rating) | Low |
~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/state/*.json | Browser session cookies (Resy only, opt-in) | Yes — auth tokens |
To purge all skill data: rm -rf ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/
# Verify playwright-cli is available
export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH"
playwright-cli --version || echo "INSTALL: npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest"
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| Playwright CLI | references/playwright-cli.md |
| OpenTable flow | references/opentable-flow.md |
| Resy flow | references/resy-flow.md |
| Restaurant search | references/search-restaurants.md |
| Movie booking | references/movie-booking.md |
| Event tickets | references/event-tickets.md |
| Finding movies | references/search-movies.md |
| Finding events | references/search-events.md |
| Modify / Cancel | references/modify-cancel.md |
| SMS verification | references/sms-codes.md |
| Pre-evening intel | references/pre-evening.md |
| Smart features | references/smart-features.md |
export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH"
CONFIG=$(cat ~/.openclaw/skills/date-night/config.json)
playwright-cli open "https://www.opentable.com/r/{slug}?covers={N}&dateTime={YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM}" --headed
Full flow details: opentable-flow.md | resy-flow.md
Full details: movie-booking.md | search-movies.md
Start with SeatGeek (best price discovery + Deal Score):
playwright-cli open "https://seatgeek.com/search?q={event}&location={config.location}" --headed
Then cross-check Ticketmaster (official) and StubHub (resale). ⚠️ Ticketmaster has aggressive bot protection — see event-tickets.md. ⚠️ STOP at payment — confirm all-in price with user before purchase.
When user says "plan a date night around [event/movie/idea]":
1. LOAD config.json silently
2. FIND the event/movie → SeatGeek + Ticketmaster + StubHub price comparison
3. PRESENT options + prices to user → get approval to proceed
4. BOOK tickets (with explicit user confirmation at payment)
5. NOTE venue and show time
6. SEARCH restaurants within 1 mile of venue, open before the show
7. SUGGEST 2-3 dinner options with ratings and OpenTable availability
8. BOOK dinner (with approval) at time that ends ~1 hr before show
9. CHECK weather for that evening → include in summary
10. CALCULATE timeline: leave home → dinner → venue → showtime
11. ADD both events to calendar ({config.calendar_tool})
12. DRAFT partner notification → show draft → send with approval
13. IF has_children: PROMPT about childcare — every time, no exceptions
14. OFFER dessert spot near venue (optional extension)
15. PRESENT budget estimate: dinner + tickets + babysitter total
Example timeline for 7:30 PM show: