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Plan a meal and order the groceries with ChatGPT agent

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by Sky Canaves (LinkedIn)
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Evidence: Described by posterThe person describes what happened in words, without screenshots or video.

Outcome

Sky Canaves tried OpenAI's example 'plan and buy ingredients to make Japanese breakfast for four'; ChatGPT agent shopped her local H-E-B through Instacart, needed her to take over to log in, filled a roughly $130 cart with things she already had, asked before paying and the trimmed order arrived on time. 'It worked, yes', she wrote, but with plenty of friction.

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ChatGPT agent

Prompt Recreated prompt

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Plan a meal and get the ingredients delivered.

Quick-check questions: What meal and how many people, what's your grocery budget, and what do you already have?

What I need from you:
- The meal and number of people
- Your store or Instacart account (you'll log in)
- Budget cap
- Pantry items you already have

Rules:
- Plan the menu and turn it into a shopping list; skip anything I already have.
- Keep the cart under my budget and show the total before checkout.
- Hand control back to me for login and payment.
- Say which items are likely already in a typical pantry so I can remove them.
- Tell me which perishables need someone home at delivery.

Output: The menu, the shopping list and a cart ready to approve, with the total.

If my answers leave a gap, make a sensible choice, say what you assumed, and keep going.

You'll know it worked when: the cart has only what you need, under budget, and the delivery is booked.

Source

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sky-canaves_i-asked-chatgpt-to-go-grocery-shopping-for-activity-7373436570684620800-hXSu

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