Plan meals, build grocery list and order food
ChatGPT Agent made recipes, a categorized grocery list with local prices and a Sheets export, and placed a DoorDash order but handed off for payment.
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- What they did
- Amanda Caswell gave ChatGPT Agent one prompt for a 5-day dinner plan under 600 calories a meal, a grocery list, ShopRite price checks and a spreadsheet export. It wrote the recipes, sorted the list by store section, pulled local prices through Instacart data, flagged sales, and exported to Google Sheets. For DoorDash she had it order as a guest with no restaurant named.
- How it went
- The meal plan task went well, and she rated it 10/10. The DoorDash order worked once she supplied her zip code, but she had to enter the address and payment herself, so it saved little time.
- Worth knowing
- Ordering as a guest means the agent doesn't know your zip code, so give it up front. Expect to take over for address and payment.
Try it yourself with ChatGPT Agent
Plan [number] dinners for the week for [number] people with these preferences: [diet, budget, foods to avoid]. Give me the recipes, a grocery list sorted by store section with estimated prices at [local store or area], and export it to a Google Sheet. If I ask you to order, build the cart on [DoorDash/other service] and pause for me to review it and handle payment myself.
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