Productivity · Newsletter · 🇺🇸 United States · via agentusecases.ai
Recipes picky kids will eat, organized by Codex
Beth Gebhard asked for recipes from a favorite site; the agent filtered them, rated them and created a spreadsheet and a Drive folder.
- Profession
- Parent
- Tools
- Codex
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Found via
- agentusecases.ai (Alex Finn) ↗
- Report date
- no date
- Verified on
- October 25, 2026
What they did
She pointed the Codex desktop app at a cooking site and asked for dinners that her two picky kids would eat. The agent filtered and rated the recipes, and created an index, a sortable spreadsheet and a Google Drive folder. She also used it for other family tasks.
How it went
The result was ready for everyday use, according to the account.
Good to know
Say what the kids reject (texture, seasoning), not just what they eat.
The prompt
From the site [site], select [number] dinner recipes that appeal to kids who don't eat [list] and like [list]. Build a table with name, time, difficulty, a 1 to 5 rating for "chance the kids will eat it" and a link.
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
Summary in our own words. Results as stated in the original account; we have not tested or audited them. Read the source ↗ Case found via agentusecases.ai (Alex Finn); text and prompt rewritten by us. Found a mistake?
Similar cases
01Private chef and ski trip arranged during a dog walk
Paul Metcalfe gives spoken instructions and ChatGPT requests quotes, reads replies and summarizes the options.
02Nightly summary of the kids' school emails
An agent template reads the school emails and tells you each night what to send, wear, sign or pay.
03A family assistant that calls instead of sending a notification
A British user speaks their tasks and the app adds them to the family calendar and phones to remind them.
04Planning the family menu and entering recipes
The author gave Claude access to their pantry system to enter recipes and suggest the week's meals.
05Planning a Saturday of errands with a route and times
Amanda Caswell asked ChatGPT Agent for an itinerary covering a haircut, a return, groceries and a store.
06A morning summary of school emails with ready-made replies
A mother created a Gmail label and an agent that summarizes the folder and drafts replies for her to edit.
07AI calls stores to find out if a toy is in stock
A journalist used the Google feature that has AI phone the store and ask.
08Founder goes from one agent to nine, two of them for the family
Claire Vo started with an executive assistant and now has agents for household logistics and for her kids' education.