Plan a week of meals and a shopping list, then try the cart
Idea + starter prompt, not run by us yet
For: People who want a meal plan matched to their goals without the planning chore
The poster gave Claude their body stats and goal, answered its follow-up questions and got a week of meals with portions and macros. That became an Excel shopping list. On the Mac app, Claude then tried to fill a supermarket cart from recent orders, but picked wrong products and got stuck. They will keep using it only up to the list.
Steps
- Give Claude your goal and let it ask questions before it proposes meals.
- Ask for a week of meals with portion sizes, then turn that into a shopping list in a spreadsheet.
- The iOS app handled planning and lists. The Mac app was needed for fuller browser control.
- If you let it fill a cart, check every item. It chose wrong products and needed repeated prompting.
- Check macro numbers against a nutrition label or a dietitian for anything health-related.
Starter prompt
Trial first: plan just [2] dinners and turn them into a mini shopping list, saved in [trial-list]. Show me before you plan the other five. Help me plan a week of dinners. About me: [goal and any dietary needs]. Ask me your questions first. Then give me seven dinners with portion sizes and rough macros, and explain your numbers. This part only reads and drafts. When I approve the plan, turn it into a shopping list in a table, grouped by supermarket aisle, and stop there. Stop and wait for my yes before you open a shopping site or add anything to a cart. If I say yes, show me the planned items first, and never check out or enter payment details. A good list is not permission to buy.
Original post: Reddit · found via agentusecases.ai. Written up in our own words. We haven't run it, so test it on made-up data first.