Mealie-backed AI meal planner + shopping list for the family
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Kayos a6a28ef6e4 plan: multi-meal slots (breakfast/lunch/dinner) + rename agent → Sage
Big plan-generator addition: each plan can now span multiple meal types,
not just dinner. Default stays dinner-only for back-compat; opt-in via
checkboxes on /plan.

Schema (migrations 028-031):
- cauldron_meal_plan_slots gains meal_type ENUM('breakfast','lunch',
  'dinner','snack','dessert','side') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'dinner'.
- Old UNIQUE key (plan_id, day) → (plan_id, day, meal_type) so a
  Monday can have breakfast AND lunch AND dinner slots.
- cauldron_meal_plans gains meal_types_json (which meals to plan
  for that week — list of strings, defaults to ["dinner"]).

Forge:
- generate_plan accepts meal_types list. Output schema gains meal_type
  per slot. Validates expected_total = slots * len(meal_types) and
  rejects duplicate (day, meal_type) pairs.
- _build_plan_prompt renders MEAL TYPES TO PLAN block, instructing
  Sonnet to match recipe meta.meal_type to slot type (breakfast slot
  → recipe whose meta tags it as breakfast). Falls back gracefully
  when the pool is thin for a particular meal type.

Server:
- /api/plan/generate + regenerate accept body.meal_types, persist via
  db.set_plan_meal_types.
- plan_view decodes meal_types_json into plan["meal_types_list"] and
  builds plan["meal_types_label"] for the readout.

UI (/plan):
- New checkbox row at the top of the pref-block: 🍳 breakfast / 🥪 lunch
  / 🍽️ dinner. Defaults to whatever's persisted (or just dinner).
- Day cards now group multiple meal_type slots per day with small
  meal-type tags above each recipe row. Single-meal plans render the
  same way they always did (no tag shown when only one meal_type).
- readMealTypes() in JS reads checkboxes and ships in the body.

DB:
- save_plan_slots accepts meal_type per slot, defaults to 'dinner'.
- list_plan_slots orders by day then meal_type via MEAL_ORDER.

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UX rename: "claude" / "sonnet" → "Sage" across all user-visible copy.
Sage doubles as kitchen-herb (theme fit) and wise advisor (planner
role). The internal field name `sonnet_decision` on consolidate +
dedupe proposals is unchanged (it's a data field, not user-facing).
Renames touched plan, consolidate, dedupe_recipes, list, me,
enrich_recipes, sterilize templates. Cobb can swap to Mim or his own
name later — easy global s/sage/whatever/g.

==

The /list 'clear' button removed earlier today (b4cb48b) — not
re-introduced.
2026-04-30 21:44:56 -07:00
cauldron plan: multi-meal slots (breakfast/lunch/dinner) + rename agent → Sage 2026-04-30 21:44:56 -07:00
scripts v0.3 step 5: lean shopping list — claude on-demand foods + game strip 2026-04-29 22:02:20 -07:00
tests v0.3 step 3+4: AI plan generator + /list shopping aggregation 2026-04-29 06:26:54 -07:00
.env.example v0.2 foundation — Authentik OIDC + sulkta-mariadb DB + Fernet crypto 2026-04-28 19:47:47 -07:00
.gitignore v0.1 — backend bones + ingredient sterilizer 2026-04-28 16:59:11 -07:00
compose.yml compose: also join sulkta-db-net so cauldron can reach sulkta-mariadb 2026-04-28 19:48:59 -07:00
Dockerfile v0.1 — backend bones + ingredient sterilizer 2026-04-28 16:59:11 -07:00
LICENSE Initial commit 2026-04-28 16:35:30 -07:00
README.md v0.1 — backend bones + ingredient sterilizer 2026-04-28 16:59:11 -07:00
requirements.txt search: local fuzzy recipe index — way smarter than Mealie's lexical default 2026-04-28 21:37:12 -07:00

cauldron

Mealie-backed AI meal planner + shopping list for the family. LAN-only, internal tool. Mealie at recipes.sulkta.com is the source of truth for recipes / meal plans / shopping lists; cauldron is the AI layer + Abby's branded UI on top.

Status

v0.1 — backend bones (current). Ingredient sterilizer endpoint working. No UI yet; bearer-auth API only. Frontend + Authentik OIDC arrives in v0.2. Native Kotlin Android in v0.5.

Surface (v0.1)

GET  /healthz                              liveness + clawdforge upstream
GET  /api/recipes                          list Mealie recipes (paginated)
POST /api/sterilize/preview/<slug>         dry-run AI parse, return proposals
POST /api/sterilize/apply/<slug>           write parses back to Mealie

All routes except /healthz require Authorization: Bearer <ADMIN_BEARER>.

Architecture

Abby's phone (later: Kotlin app)
        │
        ▼
  cauldron (Flask, port 7790, LAN-only)
   ├─ Mealie API client  ─── recipes.sulkta.com  (source of truth)
   ├─ clawdforge client  ─── 192.168.0.5:8800   (claude -p runner)
   └─ Authentik OIDC (v0.2)

cauldron does NOT hold its own database in v0.1 — all state lives in Mealie. A small Postgres/MariaDB schema lands in v0.2 for Abby-specific prefs + chat history.

Ingredient sterilizer

Mealie's CRF parser is mediocre. Cobb's hand-typed recipes have lots of free-form quantity strings ("about 2 cups cooked white rice", "1 small handful kale", "a pinch of salt") that don't aggregate cleanly into a shopping list.

The sterilizer batches all ingredients of one recipe into a single Sonnet call (via clawdforge), gets back parallel structured parses, then on apply links each parse to existing Mealie food/unit records (creating any missing by name) and PUTs the recipe back.

Preview is non-destructive — review proposals before apply.

# Dry-run preview
curl -sS -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADMIN_BEARER" \
  http://192.168.0.5:7790/api/sterilize/preview/spaghetti-bolognese | jq .

# Apply (creates missing foods/units by default)
curl -sS -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADMIN_BEARER" \
  http://192.168.0.5:7790/api/sterilize/apply/spaghetti-bolognese | jq .

Deploy

  1. ssh lucy
  2. cd /mnt/user/appdata && git clone <gitea-url> cauldron && cd cauldron/build (or wherever the deploy convention lands)
  3. Drop .env at /mnt/cache/appdata/secrets/cauldron.env (chmod 600 root:root)
    • CLAWDFORGE_TOKEN is already populated by the bootstrap (see memory/2026-04-28.md)
    • MEALIE_API_TOKEN — mint at recipes.sulkta.com → user → API tokens
    • ADMIN_BEARER — pick 32 bytes of entropy
    • SECRET_KEY — 32 bytes for Flask sessions
  4. docker compose up -d --build
  5. Smoke: curl http://192.168.0.5:7790/healthz

Roadmap

  • v0.1 ✓ — sterilizer backend + Flask shell
  • v0.2 — Authentik OIDC, Abby-branded web UI, palette CSS, postgres for prefs
  • v0.3 — meal plan generator (week → Mealie meal plan write)
  • v0.4 — shopping list aggregator (read meal plan → consolidated grocery list)
  • v0.5 — native Kotlin + Compose Android app (read-only shopping list + plan view)

Repo layout

cauldron/
├─ cauldron/
│  ├─ config.py            env-driven config
│  ├─ forge.py             clawdforge HTTP client
│  ├─ mealie.py            Mealie API client
│  ├─ sterilizer.py        ingredient parse + apply pipeline
│  └─ server.py            Flask app
├─ Dockerfile
├─ compose.yml
├─ requirements.txt
└─ .env.example