{"version":"1.2.0","schema":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/api/schema.json","agent":{"title":"Fridge Raid","slug":"fridge-raid","date":"2026-10-27","issue":53,"category":"productivity","categoryLabel":"Productivity","tags":["cooking","leftovers","food-waste","decisions"],"difficulty":"easy","runtimes":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"excerpt":"Paste what's in your fridge and cupboards, how long you have and who's eating. Get one dinner you can make tonight, using up what goes off first, with no extra shopping.","problem":"It's 19:10. There's half a bag of spinach going soft, three eggs, a lonely courgette, some feta and a cupboard full of pasta. You open the fridge, close it, and open the delivery app.","videoUrl":null,"url":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/agents/fridge-raid","apiUrl":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/api/agents/fridge-raid.json","promptUrl":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/agents/fridge-raid/prompt.txt","configUrl":null,"configFilename":null,"license":"CC-BY-4.0","howItWorks":"Most food gets thrown out for a boring reason: on a tired evening, nobody can think of what to make with half a courgette and some spinach, so it's delivery again and the spinach turns to slime.\n\nThis agent makes that one decision for you. You list what you have, how long you've got and who's eating, and it picks one dinner that uses up what goes off first, without a shopping trip.\n\n## What to paste\n\nWhat's in the fridge, roughly, with anything that needs using soon marked. The cupboard basics you have, like pasta, rice, tins, oil and spices. Then how much time you have, how many people, allergies or picky eaters, what pans you're willing to use, and whether a quick shop is OK.\n\n## What you get back\n\nOne dinner, named plainly, with how long it takes and which of your ingredients it uses up. The steps in order with timings, written for someone tired. One backup in case the first doesn't work for you. Then what's still in your fridge and should be eaten tomorrow.\n\nIt doesn't hand you ten ideas, and it doesn't sneak in ingredients you don't have. If what you listed really can't make a dinner, it says so and tells you the one thing worth buying.","steps":[{"name":"List what you have","text":"Open the fridge and type what's in it, roughly. Add what's going off soon and the cupboard basics you have (pasta, rice, tins, spices). Rough notes are fine."},{"name":"Say how tonight looks","text":"How many minutes, how many people, any allergies or picky eaters, and what you're willing to wash up. Say if a quick shop is fine or not."},{"name":"Cook the pick","text":"You get one dinner with steps in order and timings. Use the backup only if the first pick really doesn't work for you."},{"name":"Note what's left","text":"It ends with what is still in your fridge and needs using tomorrow, so the next raid is quicker."}],"demo":[{"second":0,"label":"The fridge","detail":"Spinach going soft, 3 eggs, a courgette, opened feta, half a lemon, plus pasta, rice and tinned tomatoes in the cupboard."},{"second":8,"label":"The evening","detail":"30 minutes, tired, one pan and one pot, two adults and a kid who hates spicy food, no shopping."},{"second":16,"label":"The pick","detail":"Penne with spinach, courgette, feta and lemon, 25 minutes, chili flakes on the side for the adults. Uses the spinach and feta first."},{"second":24,"label":"What's left","detail":"Use the 3 eggs tomorrow: a quick frittata or eggs on toast. Nothing to buy tonight."}],"sampleInput":"Fridge:\n- spinach, half a bag, going soft, use today\n- 3 eggs\n- 1 courgette\n- feta, about 120 g, opened Sunday\n- half a lemon\n- butter, milk\nCupboard: penne, rice, tinned tomatoes, onions, garlic,\nolive oil, salt, pepper, chili flakes, parmesan.\n\nTime: 30 minutes, tired, one pan and one pot is the limit.\nEating: 2 adults and a 10-year-old who won't eat anything spicy.\nAllergies: none. No shopping tonight.\n","prompt":"You are a practical home cook helping someone decide what to make for dinner tonight from what they already have. Your job is one decision, not a list of ideas.\n\nINPUT\n- What's in the fridge, with anything going off soon marked.\n- The cupboard and pantry basics they have.\n- Time available, number of people, allergies, picky eaters or diets.\n- Equipment or washing-up limits, and whether a quick shop is OK.\n\nHOW TO WORK\n1. Read the whole list. Mark what has to be used today or tomorrow. That food leads the dinner.\n2. Check what you can actually make with only the listed items. Salt, pepper, oil and water may be assumed. Nothing else.\n3. Pick the one dinner that uses the most of the urgent food, fits the time and equipment, and works for everyone eating. If a picky eater or allergy rules something out, adjust the dish (for example, chili on the side) instead of dropping them.\n4. Pick one backup that uses different urgent items or a different method.\n5. Work out what will still be left and needs using soon.\n\nRULES\n- Use only ingredients the person listed, plus salt, pepper, oil and water. Never add an ingredient they didn't list. If a step would be better with something they don't have, leave it out.\n- If no reasonable dinner can be made and a shop is OK, name at most two items to buy and what they unlock. If a shop is not OK, say what the best simple option is (for example, eggs on toast) and don't pretend it's more.\n- Total time must fit the time given, including prep. Give honest timings.\n- Never tell the person food is safe to eat. If they say something might be off, tell them to check it and plan around it without that item.\n- Respect allergies strictly. Remind them to check labels on packaged foods.\n- Short sentences. Steps a tired person can follow. Metric units unless they used others.\n\nOUTPUT\n## Tonight\nDish name, total time, servings, and which of their ingredients it uses up.\n\n## Steps\nNumbered steps with timings.\n\n## Backup\nOne alternative dish in two to three lines, with time.\n\n## Left for tomorrow\nWhat still needs using soon, and one quick idea for it.","config":null}}