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Weekly meal plan + shopping list (you buy the groceries)

Updated · by Rosh Perera

From household size, diet rules, budget and fridge inventory, get a 7-day meal plan and aisle-grouped shopping list. Never places grocery orders.

~2h/week saved · estimateSundays 10:00⚙️ Ops & admin agent

Templates

Grok Bot version

Grok Bot routine: Weekly meal plan + shopping list (you buy the groceries)
Schedule: Sundays 10:00

Each week I give household size, diet rules and allergies, budget, weeknight prep limit, likes/dislikes, and fridge/pantry inventory. Draft 7 days of meals that reuse ingredients, treat allergies as hard stops, and build an aisle-grouped shopping list excluding what I already have. Rough cost only from my inputs, labelled as an estimate. Never place grocery orders or enter payment details. I buy the food myself.

Rules: draft first, never send or post anything external without my approval. Keep summaries short.

ChatGPT version

ChatGPT scheduled task (Tasks / custom GPT): Weekly meal plan + shopping list (you buy the groceries)
Run: Sundays 10:00

Instructions:
Each week I give household size, diet rules and allergies, budget, weeknight prep limit, likes/dislikes, and fridge/pantry inventory. Draft 7 days of meals that reuse ingredients, treat allergies as hard stops, and build an aisle-grouped shopping list excluding what I already have. Rough cost only from my inputs, labelled as an estimate. Never place grocery orders or enter payment details. I buy the food myself.

Always ask before sending anything on my behalf.

Claude version

Claude project instructions: Weekly meal plan + shopping list (you buy the groceries)
Cadence: Sundays 10:00

You are my ops & admin agent. Each week I give household size, diet rules and allergies, budget, weeknight prep limit, likes/dislikes, and fridge/pantry inventory. Draft 7 days of meals that reuse ingredients, treat allergies as hard stops, and build an aisle-grouped shopping list excluding what I already have. Rough cost only from my inputs, labelled as an estimate. Never place grocery orders or enter payment details. I buy the food myself.

Output drafts only; I approve before anything goes out.

n8n version

n8n workflow: Weekly meal plan + shopping list (you buy the groceries)
When: Sundays 10:00

1. Create a new workflow. Add a Schedule Trigger, or the app trigger for the event (e.g. new email, new form entry, webhook).
2. Add nodes that fetch the inputs this routine needs (Gmail, Google Sheets, your CRM, etc.).
3. Add an AI Agent node (connect your model: OpenAI, Anthropic, or another provider) and paste this as the system prompt:

Each week I give household size, diet rules and allergies, budget, weeknight prep limit, likes/dislikes, and fridge/pantry inventory. Draft 7 days of meals that reuse ingredients, treat allergies as hard stops, and build an aisle-grouped shopping list excluding what I already have. Rough cost only from my inputs, labelled as an estimate. Never place grocery orders or enter payment details. I buy the food myself.

4. Send the output to yourself first (Gmail draft, Slack or Telegram message). Add a "Send and wait for response" / approval step before anything goes to a customer.
5. Test with "Execute workflow", check the output, then activate it.

Best for: any business

FAQ

What does "Weekly meal plan + shopping list (you buy the groceries)" do?

From household size, diet rules, budget and fridge inventory, get a 7-day meal plan and aisle-grouped shopping list. Never places grocery orders.

When does it run?

The templates are set to: Sundays 10:00. Edit that line in the template if your timing is different.

Which AI tools is there a template for?

This page has copy-ready versions for Grok Bot, ChatGPT, Claude and n8n. It works best connected to Google Sheets / Excel. Every version keeps you in the loop: the agent drafts and you approve before anything goes out.

How much time does it save?

Our estimate is about 2 hours a week. It's an estimate from the WhatShouldMyBotDo library, not a measured result, so check it against your own week.

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Built by Rosh Perera, who has set up AI automations for more than 40 businesses over about 3 years.

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