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Recipe To List by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Recipe To List
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

Recipe To List

Turn recipes into a Todoist Shopping list. Extract ingredients from recipe photos (Gemini Flash vision) or recipe web pages (search + fetch), then compare against the existing Shopping project with conservative synonym/overlap rules, skip pantry staples (salt/pepper), and sum quantities when units match. Also saves each cooked recipe into the workspace cookbook (recipes/).

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

File contents

Create Shopping List (Gemini Flash + Todoist)

Target flow:

Input is either a photo or a recipe web search
Extract ingredients (Gemini Flash for photos; web_fetch text → Gemini for websites)
Pull current Todoist Shopping list
Compare using overlap + synonym mapping (kept conservative; only merge high-confidence equivalents like coriander↔cilantro, panko↔breadcrumbs)
Update Shopping (default: add only missing items; skip salt/pepper)

Use the bundled script to handle the photo → ingredients → Shopping update part.

It also automatically saves a markdown entry into recipes/ (your cookbook knowledge base) and appends to recipes/index.md.

For recipe-name → web search, do it confirm-first using web_search + web_fetch, then feed the ingredients into the same update logic (and save the recipe).

Prereqs

Env: GEMINI_API_KEY (or GOOGLE_API_KEY) for Gemini
Env: TODOIST_API_TOKEN for Todoist
Bin: todoist (todoist-ts-cli)

Output formatting

Items are reformatted to start with the ingredient name, followed by a parenthetical quantity.
The Shopping list is kept flat (no Todoist sections/groups).

Run

python3 skills/recipe-to-list/scripts/recipe_to_list.py \
  --image /path/to/photo.jpg \
  --title "<optional title>" \
  --source "photo:/path/to/photo.jpg"

Optional flags

--model gemini-2.0-flash (default; falls back automatically) or any compatible Gemini vision model
--dry-run to print extracted items without creating tasks
--prefix "[Recipe] " to prefix each created task
--no-overlap-check to skip checking your existing Shopping list
--include-pantry to include salt/pepper
--no-save to skip saving into recipes/

What to send to the model

The script prompts Gemini to return strict JSON:

{
  "items": ["2 large globe eggplants", "kosher salt", "..."],
  "notes": "optional"
}

If parsing fails, rerun with a clearer crop (ingredients list only) or provide a manual list.

---name: recipe-to-listdescription: Turn recipes into a Todoist Shopping list. Extract ingredients from recipe photos (Gemini Flash vision) or recipe web pages (search + fetch), then compare against the existing Shopping project with conservative synonym/overlap rules, skip pantry staples (salt/pepper), and sum quantities when units match. Also saves each cooked recipe into the workspace cookbook (recipes/).--- # Create Shopping List (Gemini Flash + Todoist) Target flow: 1) Input is either a **photo** or a **recipe web search** 2) Extract ingredients (Gemini Flash for photos; web_fetch text → Gemini for websites) 3) Pull current Todoist **Shopping** list 4) Compare using overlap + synonym mapping (kept conservative; only merge high-confidence equivalents like coriander↔cilantro, panko↔breadcrumbs) 5) Update **Shopping** (default: add only missing items; skip salt/pepper) Use the bundled script to handle the **photo → ingredients → Shopping update** part. It also **automatically saves** a markdown entry into `recipes/` (your cookbook knowledge base) and appends to `recipes/index.md`. For **recipe-name → web search**, do it confirm-first using `web_search` + `web_fetch`, then feed the ingredients into the same update logic (and save the recipe). ## Prereqs - Env: `GEMINI_API_KEY` (or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`) for Gemini - Env: `TODOIST_API_TOKEN` for Todoist - Bin: `todoist` (todoist-ts-cli) ## Output formatting - Items are reformatted to start with the **ingredient name**, followed by a parenthetical quantity. - The Shopping list is kept **flat** (no Todoist sections/groups). ## Run ```bash python3 skills/recipe-to-list/scripts/recipe_to_list.py \ --image /path/to/photo.jpg \ --title "<optional title>" \ --source "photo:/path/to/photo.jpg" ``` ### Optional flags - `--model gemini-2.0-flash` (default; falls back automatically) or any compatible Gemini vision model - `--dry-run` to print extracted items without creating tasks - `--prefix "[Recipe] "` to prefix each created task - `--no-overlap-check` to skip checking your existing Shopping list - `--include-pantry` to include salt/pepper - `--no-save` to skip saving into `recipes/` ## What to send to the model The script prompts Gemini to return **strict JSON**: ```json { "items": ["2 large globe eggplants", "kosher salt", "..."], "notes": "optional" } ``` If parsing fails, rerun with a clearer crop (ingredients list only) or provide a manual list.

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