How do I install the Diet skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add bytesagain/diet in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Diet skill do?

Track food and nutrition. Use when logging meals, checking calories, tracking protein/carbs/fat, or generating diet reports. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

SkillMD's automated safety review verdict for this skill is PASS. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: executes scripts, makes network calls, reads secrets. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Diet?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

bytesagain (@bytesagain) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Diet by bytesagain — Agent Skill

Name: Diet
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: bytesagain

File contents

Diet — Meal & Nutrition Tracker

Track what you eat, monitor macros, plan meals, and review nutrition trends.

Commands

log — Record a meal

bash scripts/script.sh log "<food_item>" <calories> <protein_g> <carbs_g> <fat_g> [meal_type]

Records a food entry with calorie and macro data. meal_type defaults to snack. Options: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack.

calories — Query calorie totals

bash scripts/script.sh calories [YYYY-MM-DD]

Shows total calories consumed for a given date. Defaults to today.

plan — Generate a meal plan

bash scripts/script.sh plan <target_calories> <days>

Generates a simple meal plan for the specified number of days targeting the given daily calorie goal, based on previously logged foods.

macros — Macronutrient breakdown

bash scripts/script.sh macros [YYYY-MM-DD]

Shows protein, carbs, and fat totals and percentages for a given date. Defaults to today.

water — Log water intake

bash scripts/script.sh water <ml> [YYYY-MM-DD]

Records water intake in milliliters. Defaults to today.

report — Nutrition report

bash scripts/script.sh report [daily|weekly] [YYYY-MM-DD]

Produces a nutrition summary. daily shows one day; weekly shows 7-day trends. Defaults to daily report for today.

Output

All commands print plain text to stdout. Data is stored in ~/.diet/ as JSON files (meals.json, water.json).

Requirements

bash 4+
python3 (standard library only)

Feedback

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Frequently asked questions

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