I'm so hyped to finally start this project but honestly i have no clue what im doing lol. So I basically want to build this little digital assistant thing to help me manage the community garden schedule here in Seattle because everyone keeps double-booking the tool shed and it's a huge mess. I have like 50 bucks to spend on this so I cant do anything crazy but I want it to actually think through stuff. Like if someone says I need the mower but it's raining, I want the agent to know it shouldn't be used in the rain and suggest a different day without me having to type out every single possible rule manually.

My logic was that I just write a bunch of if-this-then-that lines but then I realized that would take forever and probably break the second something weird happens. Is there a way to give it a brain? Like how do I program it to connect dots on its own? I saw some stuff about reasoning online but it all looks like high level math and my head is spinning. Do I need to teach it logic like a philosophy class or is there a specific button or code block for that? Sorry if this is a total noob question but I really want this to work by next month before the spring planting starts... how do I even begin making it smart?