My agent picks five recipes from my own cookbooks and fills my Ocado basket

A man gave the AI access to his Ocado account and digital copies of all his cookbooks. The AI built a database of his recipes, picks five for the week inside his budget including delivery, puts the ingredients in his basket and booked the delivery slot on its own. It also tells him which book and page each recipe comes from.

How it works

The AI builds a recipe database from his cookbooks
Picks five recipes inside the budget
Adds the ingredients to his Ocado basket
Books a delivery slot without being asked

Why it’s worth knowing

It booked the delivery slot without being told to, because a full basket with no slot is only half the job done.

Where it’s from

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

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