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His agent predicts the weekly shop from his receipts, books the delivery slot, and fills the basket

A man built a receipt store from his emails, and the AI uses it to predict what his household will run out of based on how often he buys each item and when he last bought it. Every week the AI logs into his supermarket site, books a delivery slot, and adds the items that need restocking. During the week he sends a photo of a barcode when something runs out and the AI adds it to the shop.

How it works

  1. His receipt app pulls receipts from his email into a database
  2. The AI predicts restocking from buying frequency and last purchase date
  3. Every week it logs into the supermarket site, books a delivery slot, and adds the needed items
  4. During the week, a barcode photo from him adds an item to the same shop

Why it’s worth knowing

The shop is driven by his own receipt history, so the agent knows what runs out and when without being told each week.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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