Show HN: LastShelf – an emergency map of your family's documents bills& contacts

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LastShelf is a service that helps families organize critical documents, bills, and contacts in one place, providing step-by-step instructions for loved ones during emergencies.

After my father was diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney cancer, my family was thrown into a tailspin. Getting second opinions, planning surgery, ensuring insurance coverage, coping with the fear. It was a lot to process.<p>In the middle of dealing with all the medical logistics, I realized none of our family could answer if he: - Had a medical directive? - How to trigger his life insurance policy? - Where is his will and who is the executor? - What bank accounts and credit cards existed? - What bills are not on auto-pay? - When these bills due and how are they paid?<p>That wasn’t solved by password managers or budgeting apps. So I built it.<p>LastShelf: automatically discovers, documents and distributes a map of critical life documents, expenses &amp; contacts in the event of an emergency. Register here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lastshelf.ai&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lastshelf.ai&#x2F;</a><p>If you’ve lived through a similar crisis, I really want to hear what would have made the process easier.<p>Anyone who shares their feedback with me will get the first year free. Send a note to support [at] lastshelf.ai
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# Make the hard day easier for the people you love Source: [https://www.lastshelf.ai/](https://www.lastshelf.ai/) Family continuity LastShelf provides step\-by\-step instructions so your family does not have to hunt through drawers, post\-it notes, and safe deposit boxes to track down documents, passwords and important bills\. - Key documents - Medical wishes - Life insurance - Account access - Trusted contacts - Important bills Start with the onboarding flow\. Payment is prompted after your trial\. Give your family answers before they have to ask\. ![](https://www.lastshelf.ai/founder/schuyler-brown-founder-960.jpg)Schuyler Brown, FounderMESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER It's easy to procrastinate about scary topics\. I did, until my dad was diagnosed with Stage 3 kidney cancer\. Dealing with the emotionally devastating news was hard enough\. Asking him to document his will, life insurance, etc\.\.\.added way more stress before going into surgery\. I never want anyone else experience that stress in the middle of a medical emergency\. That's why I built LastShelf\. The Problem ## The hardest moments should not come with a search party\. When someone has a medical emergency or dies, families are suddenly asked to find documents, call the right people, access accounts, understand insurance, and keep important bills paid\. LastShelf helps you do the loving thing ahead of time: leave them a clear path\. The gap ## Leave clarity, not questions\. ### What most families live with today - — A will in one folder - — Insurance details in an inbox - — Passwords and account clues in someone’s head - — Bills and due dates scattered across email, bank statements, and memory ### What LastShelf provides - — Step by step instructions for what to do first - — Critical documents, contacts, and account access in one place - — Important bills with payment details and due dates - — Trusted contacts who know how to help when needed Three motions ## Discover\. Organize\. Guide\. 01 ### Discover LastShelf helps surface critical bills and account details from connected sources, then guides you through the documents, contacts, and instructions only you know\. 02 ### Organize You decide what belongs in your family’s plan\. Review what LastShelf finds, add missing details, and keep everything calm and understandable\. 03 ### Guide Choose trusted contacts and give them step by step instructions for what to find, who to call, and which critical bills need attention\. Trust ## What we hold\. What we never hold\. LastShelf handles sensitive family information with the care it deserves\. It can read connected email and bank data to find important bills, but it never moves money\. Password sharing stays in your password manager; trusted contacts get only the access and instructions you choose\. Preparedness quiz ## Find the gaps before your family has to\. Answer six yes\-or\-no questions to see whether your family could find the documents, insurance details, debt, and critical payment instructions they would need in an emergency\. ## Start your family continuity trial\. Build step by step instructions your loved ones can follow if you ever cannot guide them yourself\. Pricing ## One plan for the hard things families put off\. LastShelf helps you turn scattered documents, contacts, passwords, and critical bills into one calm set of instructions for the people you trust\. ### Included - Step by step instructions for trusted contacts - Automatic discovery of important bills through email, banks, and credit cards\. - Guided setup for documents, contacts, passwords, and critical accounts - Securely share account access through 1Password ### Financial institution coverage LastShelf connects to 12,000\+ global financial institutions, including the banks, credit cards, credit unions, digital banks, and brokerages such as: - Chase - Bank of America - Wells Fargo - Citi - Capital One - American Express - Discover - U\.S\. Bank - PNC Bank - Truist - TD Bank - Ally Bank - Navy Federal Credit Union - Charles Schwab - Fidelity - SoFi

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