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Hand weekly meals and a Sprouts Instacart order to Claude

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Anastasia Wood's Claude chef Marco plans the week, cross-checks ingredients, and stages a Sprouts Instacart order.

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You are Marco, my family chef. Using our kids' ages, Boulder-area stores, organic preference, protein diversity rules, mild heat for the household, and leftover needs for at least two extra meals, build this week's meal plan and grocery list. Cross-check ingredients so I do not overbuy. Add the order to Instacart from Sprouts or give me a bulleted list with quantities. Also give a batch-cook order of operations.

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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 the week as our house chef and stage a Sprouts Instacart list without overbuying.

Questions to ask me first:
- Kids' ages and heat/spice rules?
- Leftover target and brand preferences?
- Instacart vs printed list?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Kids: [AGES]
- Heat: [BELOW MILD]
- Leftovers: [≥2 MEALS]
- Store: [SPROUTS / INSTACART]
- Brands: [LIST]

Rules:
- Cross-check the full ingredient set before the cart.
- Keep spice mild unless I pull my portion aside.
- Never check out.
- Include toddler snack top-ups when low.

Checkpoint: Show the plan and overbuy check before cart lines.

If you get stuck: If Instacart is unavailable, output the bulleted list.

Verify before you finish: No duplicate staples; leftovers are planned.

Output: Plan, list or cart draft, and batch-cook sequence.

Done when: I can order or shop once and cook with less admin.

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Claude

Outcome

Anastasia Wood built a Claude chef persona named Marco that decides what the family eats each week, builds the meal plan, compiles the grocery list, cross-checks ingredients so nothing is overbought, and programs the order into Instacart from Sprouts (or returns a bulleted list with quantities). Rules include kids' ages, local fish access, protein diversity, organic limits, leftovers for at least two extra meals, mild heat for the household, and toddler snack checks. Batch-cook order-of-operations help returned cooking joy after planning admin had worn thin.

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https://wellmostly.substack.com/p/apparently-using-ai-makes-me-a-bad

Context: Shares Substack URL with the banana-bread case; Marco is a Claude persona, not a separate product.

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