Pantry — dinner ideas from what you already have
I want to save recipes and see what I can cook tonight from the stuff in my kitchen.
The spec what we're building
The problem
I save recipes everywhere and still stare into the fridge wondering what to make. I want one place that knows my saved recipes and the ingredients I actually have, then gives me realistic dinner options.
What it should feel like
- Capture anything. Paste a recipe URL or type one in; get a clean, ad-free reader.
- Knows the pantry. Quick add/remove for staples, leftovers, and things about to expire.
- Cook tonight. Shows recipes I can make now, plus recipes one ingredient away.
Screens
- Cook tonight — a ranked list of meals by fewest missing items.
- Recipe reader — clean steps, serving scaling, and notes.
- Pantry — fast in/out with low-stock and use-soon flags.
- Shopping list — the missing items across recipes I picked.
Acceptance criteria
- Import a recipe from a URL into a clean reader in one step.
- “Cook tonight” ranks by fewest missing ingredients and updates as pantry items change.
- Pantry edits take one tap on mobile.
- Shopping list groups missing items by aisle/category.
Out of scope
Meal planning calendars, nutrition tracking, and grocery delivery integrations.
Estimated budget
Recipe import, pantry model, matching logic, shopping-list gaps, and a polished mobile-first UI.
Budgets are estimates, not guaranteed costs. Funded does not mean finished.
Standard repo pattern vibeexchange/pantry
Every funded listing is a normal private git repo. Two folders are the control plane sponsors collectively own:
Roadmap .roadmap/milestones.toml
- Recipe capture + clean reader shipped
- Pantry tracking shipped
- "Cook tonight" matching shipped
- Shopping list from gaps in progress
Sponsor cap table funds = voting power
| Sponsor | Committed | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Noor S.LEAD | $400 | 38% |
| Theo M. | $350 | 33% |
| Amara K. | $300 | 29% |
Governance .roadmap/governance.toml
Governed merges need a funding-weighted majority within the timeline — enforced via PR approval. Settings change only through the same process.
Activity
- milestone"Cook tonight" matching shipped — stage moved to shipping.2026-06-03
- PR mergedPR #58 merged: pantry tracking with fast add/remove.2026-05-25
- agent runCodex run on recipe import: 3 PRs, 14M tokens, $260 spend.2026-05-12
- igniteIgnited at $1.5k — sponsor-private repo provisioned.2026-04-30