meal-plan-builderlisted

# Meal Plan Builder ## Overview Produce a complete, realistic weekly meal plan that hits the user's calorie and macro targets, respects their dietary restrictions and budget, maximizes ingredient reuse to cut cost and waste, and ships with an aisle-organized grocery list plus a batch-prep schedule. Keywords: meal plan, weekly menu, meal prep, macros, calories, grocery list, shopping list, batch cooking, dietary restrictions, vegan, keto, gluten-free, budget meals, leftovers, portion sizes. This skill is for **planning**, not for medical nutrition therapy. For clinical conditions (diabetes management, eating disorders, renal diets), advise the user to consult a registered dietitian. ## Workflow Follow these steps in order. Do not skip the intake — a plan built on wrong assumptions is useless. 1. **Intake.** Gather the constraints below. If the user gave only partial info, ask 2-4 focused questions, then proceed with sensible defaults rather than stalling. - People & servings (adults/kids, who eats which meals). - Calorie target and macro split (or compute it — see step 2). - Diet style & restrictions (vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, keto, paleo, halal, kosher, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut allergy, etc.). - Dislikes / must-haves. - Budget (per week or per serving) and currency. - Cooking time available on weeknights; whether they want to batch-prep on a weekend day. - Kitchen equipment (oven, instant pot, blender, etc.) and skill level. - Meals per