KikuLog: The Sloth's Way to Manage Chrysanthemum Greenhouses with Open-Source AI

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady

KikuLog is an intelligent work journal and schedule assistant built specifically for chrysanthemum ( kiku ) greenhouse workers in Japan.

After spending 8 to 10 hours doing strenuous physical labor inside hot, humid greenhouses—tilling beds, planting cuttings, carrying stakes, and stringing heavy netting—the absolute last thing a farm worker wants to do is sit at a desk with a spreadsheet.

Greenhouse chrysanthemum cultivation involves meticulous, house-by-house agricultural rules:

Before KikuLog, workers had to manually calculate days, consult multiple paper charts, and write out logs for up to a dozen separate houses.

With KikuLog, workers get to channel their inner sloth: they relax on the couch and dictate or type one informal sentence (such as "House 1 mencapai 14 HST hari ini, plastik 2 dibuka dan net dipasang" ). KikuLog parses the multi-house text, identifies work statuses, cross-checks house planting cycles, verifies evidence, and updates the farm agenda automatically.

The complete source code is open source on GitHub:

Work journal and schedule assistant for chrysanthemum farm workers based on experience working in Japan.

KikuLog turns short informal notes into structured per-house work logs and generates the next day's agenda automatically. The system combines the position of each house in the growing cycle with cutting, packing, and net maintenance schedules.

AI prepares a draft. The user approves changes.