Build a weekly meal plan around your real constraints
A meal plan built around what sounds good in the abstract falls apart against the actual week you have to cook through.
- Use it for
- Anyone who wants a real weekly meal plan built around their actual constraints, not a generic list of healthy recipes.
Generic meal plans assume unlimited time, a stocked pantry, and an interest in cooking that not everyone starts each week with, which is why they often go unused after day two. This prompt builds a plan around your actual constraints — real prep time, real dietary needs, real cooking skill — and produces a shopping list organized so buying for it doesn't turn into its own chore.
When not to use this
If you already have a meal-planning system that works for you, this doesn't add anything — this is for when you want a real, usable plan built from scratch.
Did this work?
You have a full week of meals you'd actually cook given your real time and skill constraints, plus a shopping list organized so buying for it is quick.
Tested on claude-opus-5. Evidence status is draft; it moves to battle-tested only on recorded runs, never by hand.