About Geoffrey Runtime

Everyday help, with Geoffrey.

Geoffrey Runtime brings music, meals, weather, calendars, and a visual Display together. Explore the public experience now, and see how Geoffrey is being built to help with your everyday routines.

A “Runtime” is the system behind Geoffrey: his personality, the tools he can use, and the rules for what he’s allowed to do.

Start with what you can use today.

Geoffrey Display is a place to enjoy artwork, see the time and weather, and open public Radio links. Around it, you’ll find everyday experiences you can explore without a Geoffrey account.

Find something to listen to.

Geoffrey Radio’s public station links open Apple Music. Choose a station and listen there. These links do not control your speakers, and Apple Music may require its own subscription.

See what’s for dinner.

Runtime Kitchen™ shares today’s meal, recipes, and the week’s menu. Today’s ingredients are free to export in one list. With the existing ingredient Shortcut installed, you can add them yourself in Apple Reminders.

Check the weather.

Look up U.S. forecasts, conditions, alerts, and weather maps to help plan your day.

See what’s happening nearby.

Geoffrey Calendar currently shows public meetings and events from the City of Richfield, Minnesota. Personal calendar connections and automation are planned for paid Runtime access.

How a personal Runtime will work.

The planned paid experience brings your enabled tools into a personal dashboard on the same Geoffrey Display. You’ll be able to ask Geoffrey for a supported task or use its button.

Coming soon

Personal dashboards, paid accounts, and connected personal actions are not available to buy or activate on this site yet.

  1. Choose what to connect. Set up supported devices and services, and choose the access Geoffrey is allowed to use.
  2. Ask Geoffrey or tap a button. For example, request a station on a configured speaker or combine selected meals into a grocery list. Available actions will depend on your plan and setup.
  3. Your setup carries out the task. Jackson-West will check your access and the rules for the request. Connected services or helpers on your own devices will carry out supported, permitted actions.

Devices need to be compatible, connected, and configured. Opening the website alone does not give Geoffrey control of your home, speakers, calendar, or vehicle.

One Runtime. Three planned levels.

Geoffrey Display is included at every level. You pay for your Runtime level, with no separate Geoffrey app or button-press charges. Paid prices and features are planned and may change before launch. See pricing and availability.

Free groceries cover today’s meal only. Estelle Grocery Add V2 uses the exact list name “Estelle Groceries”; custom destinations remain a future paid Runtime option. See the current grocery setup instructions.

The person and the idea behind Geoffrey.

Geoffrey Runtime is designed and built by Sidney Jackson III, an independent systems builder. The idea is to give a digital character a distinct personality and useful tools, so the experience can grow from something you explore into something that helps you get things done.

Geoffrey is Runtime No. 01 and the first Runtime-class hero. His story continues in the Geoffrey books. You can also view the project on GitHub.

Jackson-West is the private governed-execution system behind selected household workflows. A sanitized engineering case study explains its authenticated intake, deterministic routing, heartbeat availability, Apple Shortcuts adapters, and receipt-gated evidence model without publishing private source or operational data. Read the case study.

One character. Practical software. Explicit ownership.

Geoffrey Runtime LLC owns and presents the customer-facing software, experiences, identity, and creative universe. Jackson-West LLC separately owns or controls private governance and execution technology used for selected capabilities.

Designed and built by Sidney Jackson III in Minnesota, Geoffrey Runtime pairs a distinct character and story world with tools meant to be useful in everyday routines. Explore the stories and artwork in Entertainment, or begin with the software experiences above.