📋 Table of Contents
Executive Summary · Personas · Problem Statement · Product Scope (MVP) · User Stories · Design System · Technical Architecture · Database Schema · Security Model · API Design · Letta Memory · Caching Strategy · Error Handling · Scale & Reliability · Trade-offs · Success Metrics · 4-Week Roadmap · Future Outlook
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Mission: Eliminate fridge fatigue by using AI to turn random leftovers into chef-quality recipes and automate shopping for missing ingredients.
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Executive Summary
Product: Smart AI Recipe Assistant (Web App)
What we are building
- A mobile-first web app that maintains a user’s pantry, generates high-quality recipes from what they already have, and produces a missing-ingredients shopping list with streamlined fulfillment.
Primary goals
- Reduce meal decision fatigue and time-to-decision.
- Increase successful “cook-from-what-I-have” outcomes.
- Reduce food waste via expiration awareness.
- Make replenishment effortless through automated missing-ingredient lists and fulfillment actions.
Non-goals (v1)
- Medical-grade dietary compliance or allergy guarantees.
- Multi-user household sharing and roles.
- Full grocery delivery marketplace integrations (start with export + links; iterate).
Personas
1) The Scrappy Student