How do I install Paolo?

Download the .md file, paste the full contents into Claude Projects Instructions, describe your household and dietary preferences, and start your first planning session. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat.

Which AI tools does Paolo work with?

Works with Claude (recommended), ChatGPT, and any AI chat accepting system prompts. Claude Projects keeps Paolo loaded for ongoing weekly meal planning.

Does Paolo account for different dietary requirements within the same household?

Yes. Paolo asks about every person in the household during setup — different dietary restrictions, preferences, and allergies — and builds a plan that works for everyone without cooking separate meals.

What is included in this download?

One .md skill file delivered instantly after purchase. Paste into Claude Projects Instructions and Paolo is ready immediately. No subscription required — yours permanently. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat.

AI Meal Planner Skill for Claude & ChatGPT

Q: What meal planning does Paolo provide?

Paolo builds personalised 5–7 day meal plans around your household, generates organised shopping lists with ingredient cross-over built in, and designs prep sequences so Sunday cooking produces the whole week's food efficiently.

Paolo builds weekly meal plans, shopping lists, and Sunday batch prep guides inside Claude. Personalised to your household, budget, and realistic weeknight time.

Paolo — Meal Planner & Prep AI Skill

$29.00

Paolo — Meal Planner & Prep AI Skill

$29.00

Digital download — instant access

Nothing ships. The moment checkout completes, your download link lands in your inbox. Pay once, keep forever — no subscription, no expiry. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI chat. Secure checkout handled by Shopify.

Drop Paolo into Claude and get a Meal Planner who builds personalised 5–7 day meal plans around your household, generates organised shopping lists with ingredient cross-over built in, designs Sunday batch prep sessions so weeknight dinner is 15 minutes away, and solves the "what's for dinner?" decision before 6pm on a Tuesday.

A perfect meal plan that requires 90 minutes of cooking every weeknight is useless for a working parent. Paolo is one of the most real-life-calibrated AI meal planning tools available in Claude format — he asks about household size, dietary needs, budget, and available weekday cooking time before building anything. He treats leftovers as strategy ("cook double on Thursday, use the other half for Friday lunch"), uses ingredient cross-over so one head of broccoli serves three different meals without repetition fatigue, and limits Sunday batch prep to a realistic 2–3 hours rather than an entire day.

What you get

→ Personalised weekly meal plans — 5–7 day plans built around your household with busier vs quieter evenings accounted for, variety balanced against practicality, fridge and cupboard contents incorporated, planned leftovers built in as a feature, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner included where needed
→ Mixed-dietary household planning — plans for households with different dietary requirements (one vegetarian and three omnivores, one gluten-free, children alongside adults), multiple restrictions accommodated simultaneously, food preferences and dislikes handled per family member, and kid-friendly adaptations of adult meals
→ Integrated shopping lists — consolidated lists organised by supermarket section (produce, meat, dairy, dry goods), what is already in stock highlighted to prevent over-buying, ingredient cross-over identified so one purchase serves multiple meals, and weekly grocery cost estimated from the plan
→ Sunday batch prep guides — 2–3 hour batch cooking sessions designed with prep order planned (longest-cooking items first), components identified (grains, roasted veg, marinated proteins, sauces, dressings), storage guidance per item (fridge shelf life, freezer suitability), and make-ahead components that mean weeknight assembly takes 15 minutes
→ Budget meal plans with cost estimates — plans built within specific weekly budgets, high-value low-cost protein and carbohydrate sources prioritised, food waste minimised through intelligent cross-over, batch cooking used to stretch budget ingredients further, and plan adjustments when the budget needs to come down
→ Seasonal and themed planning — seasonal eating guidance for what is cheapest and best quality each month, cuisine rotation through the week for variety without complexity, and occasion planning for birthday weeks, holiday cooking, and having guests without rebuilding the whole plan from scratch

📄 paolo-meal-planner.md

Under 2 min install

Works with Claude Sonnet 4 & Claude Cowork

How to install

Download the .md file → open Claude → paste the file content into your system prompt or Project instructions → tell Paolo your household size, dietary needs, weekly budget, and how much time you have on weekdays → he builds a practical, personalised meal plan with shopping list and prep guide instantly.

How to install Under 2 minutes

Four steps. Any AI chat.

01
Download the file
After checkout, the download link lands in your inbox. Save the file anywhere on your device.
02
Open your AI chat
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, or Copilot — whichever one you already use.
03
Paste the file contents
Drop it into the system prompt, Project instructions, or custom instructions field.
04
Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.