Three connected features so the planner is a real tool, not just a
single-week dashboard:
1. RESET. New POST /api/plan/reset wipes a plan back to blank — clears
slots + generated_at + preference_prompt + daily_targets_json +
exclusions_json. Hard-guards on lock state: locked plans return 409
"locked weeks are immutable history". This is the historical-
preservation guarantee — once a week is locked (via /api/plan/lock
OR auto-lock at week-rollover), it can never be touched again.
That's how 'what did we eat May 15 six years ago' stays answerable
forever.
2. WEEK NAVIGATION. /plan now accepts ?week=YYYY-MM-DD (snapped to
that week's Monday). Defaults to the current week as before. New
page-head nav: ← prev week / ⊕ this week (only when off-current) /
next week → / week-of-X span label. /list also accepts ?week= so
the shopping list view follows the same pattern.
3. HISTORICAL BROWSING. Past weeks render their plan slots as before —
just locked + immutable. Their preference_prompt + macros +
exclusions render in the readouts so you can see WHY that week
looked the way it did. The data was already preserved; this just
surfaces it through the existing /plan UI.
API + template changes:
- _resolve_week helper picks target Monday from body['week'] or today
- /api/plan/{lock,generate,regenerate,reset} all accept body['week']
- Plan view passes prev_week/next_week/current_week + is_*_week flags
+ week_end (Monday + 6) for the date-range label
- Template: PLAN_WEEK js constant threads the active week into every
mutation API call so prev/next nav can act on the displayed week,
not always today's
- Reset button styled red ('btn-danger'), only shown on unlocked
generated plans, confirms before firing
- 'view list →' link now passes ?week= so it stays in-week
DB:
- reset_plan(plan_id) wipes UNLOCKED plan state in one transaction.
Returns False (no-op) if the plan is locked — caller sees 409.
No schema changes — just leverages the per-week (household, week_start)
row uniqueness we already had.
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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
ssh lucycd /mnt/user/appdata && git clone <gitea-url> cauldron && cd cauldron/build(or wherever the deploy convention lands)- Drop
.envat/mnt/cache/appdata/secrets/cauldron.env(chmod 600 root:root)CLAWDFORGE_TOKENis already populated by the bootstrap (seememory/2026-04-28.md)MEALIE_API_TOKEN— mint atrecipes.sulkta.com→ user → API tokensADMIN_BEARER— pick 32 bytes of entropySECRET_KEY— 32 bytes for Flask sessions
docker compose up -d --build- 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