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Plan 15 family meals a week and hand off an Instacart list

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Some evidence
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeNo
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What they did

After years of spreadsheets and a vibe-coded app, the author built a Grok Bot that keeps recipes in Markdown, prints a weekly meal plan, and produces a shopping list that is pasted into ChatGPT to fill Instacart. Targets ~15 meals per week for the family. Bot template with recipe library access is linked.

How it went

Very high engagement (~309k impressions, 1013 likes). Instacart fill is a second step via ChatGPT, not fully autonomous checkout. Template shared

Worth knowing

  • Very high engagement (~309k impressions, 1013 likes). Instacart fill is a second step via ChatGPT, not fully autonomous checkout. Template shared.
  • Instacart fill is a second step (paste list into ChatGPT)—checkout still human.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Maintain my recipe library in Markdown. Each week, build a [N]-meal plan for [household], print a simple plan sheet, and give me a shopping list grouped by store section. Do not place the grocery order—I will paste the list into [Instacart helper] myself.

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Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (Markdown, ChatGPT, Instacart) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: Markdown, ChatGPT, Instacart · Stack: Grok Bot

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

Very high engagement (~309k impressions, 1013 likes). Instacart fill is a second step via ChatGPT, not fully autonomous checkout. Template shared

Source: X · 2026-10-07 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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