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Kayos c7ee84d70a search: local fuzzy recipe index — way smarter than Mealie's lexical default 
Cobb: 'searching recipes is a bit off. lets make that way way more on
point. need to be the google of recipe searching.'

Architecture:
- New cauldron_recipe_index table mirrors enough of Mealie's recipe shape
  to fuzzy-rank locally without round-tripping. Migrations 008+009.
- Refresh on first /recipes load + every 5 minutes + on-demand button.
  Single page-200 pull from Mealie covers Cobb's 226 recipes in one trip.
- recipe_index.py — flatten_recipe(), refresh_household_index(),
  search_index().

Search algorithm (rapidfuzz):
- Multi-field weighted: name×1.00, tags×0.85, cats×0.80, foods×0.70,
  ings×0.55, description×0.45 (max-of wins, not sum, to avoid noise spike)
- Three scorers per field: WRatio (overall), partial_token_set_ratio
  (handles 'spag bol' → 'Spaghetti Bolognese'), token_set_ratio
  (order-independent)
- Substring-of-query in title bonus +20
- Floor 50 to filter junk
- Top-80 returned

API:
- /api/recipes.json now uses local index for both search and browse
- /recipes route same — first-page server-render from index
- POST /api/index/refresh — manual refresh button (admin-y)
- ?q=...  → ranked fuzzy results, paginated
- no q   → ordered browse from index, paginated, has_next via lookahead

Performance:
- Local index query: ~5ms for browse
- Search across 226 rows × 6 fields × 3 scorers: ~60ms
- Should feel instant compared to Mealie's network round-trip
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cauldron search: local fuzzy recipe index — way smarter than Mealie's lexical default 2026-04-28 21:37:12 -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

README.md

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