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Plan tonight from expiring Costco stock with Claude and Notion

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Alyssa Pratt’s Claude + Notion Pantry & Plate suggests meals from real expiry dates, like sausage pasta before it spoils.

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Parse this Costco receipt into my Notion pantry with expiry guesses. When I ask what to cook tonight, query real pantry rows and our preference file first—partner will not eat mushrooms, shrimp, or brussels sprouts—and suggest a meal that uses what expires soonest. Add the pick to this week’s meal agenda.

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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: Keep a Notion pantry from receipts and suggest meals from what expires soonest.

Questions to ask me first:
- Where is the Notion pantry database?
- Whose foods are banned?
- How should expiry be estimated from receipts?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Receipt photo: [UPLOAD]
- Notion DB: [URL]
- Bans: [MUSHROOMS / SHRIMP / BRUSSELS]

Rules:
- Never invent pantry items not in Notion.
- Prefer soonest-expiring proteins.
- Honor household bans.

Checkpoint: After parsing a receipt, show the new rows before meal suggestions.

If you get stuck: If expiry is unknown, mark TBD and ask rather than guessing a date.

Verify before you finish: Suggested meal only uses in-stock items and avoids bans.

Output: Updated pantry rows plus tonight’s meal note on the agenda.

Done when: I can cook tonight from food that would otherwise expire.

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Claude

Outcome

Alyssa Pratt built Pantry & Plate for a two-person household that buys Costco in bulk: Claude vision parses grocery receipts into Notion with expiry dates, and an agentic chat reads real pantry rows, preferences (no mushrooms, shrimp, or brussels sprouts for a partner), and the week’s meal agenda before answering “What can I make tonight?” Example: Italian sausage expiring in four days suggested as sausage pasta with San Marzano tomatoes already on hand, then added to the meal agenda.

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https://dev.to/alyssakpratt/pantry-plate-an-ai-kitchen-assistant-that-actually-knows-whats-expiring-tomorrow-80o

Context: DEV Notion MCP Challenge submission; date taken as 2026–03–30 from the Mar 30 stamp and 2026 tooling.

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