A family runs its kitchen on a Hermes Agent chef
A Reddit user's wife suggested a cooking assistant, and a few months later their Hermes Agent setup, Chef Pierre, is something the whole household relies on. Grocery receipts come in through Slack, and it tracks the pantry, guessing when food will go off based on how perishable it is. It suggests recipes from what's on hand, lets the family vote on dinners, remembers preferences and allergies, and can fill a Kroger cart for pickup or delivery that they approve before ordering. The poster shared the skills on GitHub. It takes setup, but the core idea works with any agent: keep a pantry list, plan from it, and approve the cart.
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Keep a running list of what's in my pantry and fridge from the grocery receipts I send you, and estimate when fresh items will go bad. Twice a week, suggest [4] dinners we can mostly make from what we have, respecting these preferences and allergies: [LIST]. Let the family vote in this chat, then build the shopping list for the winners. If I say so, fill a [STORE] cart for pickup, but don't place the order until I approve it.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- Tell the agent about allergies in writing and ask it to flag any recipe that might contain them.
- Receipt-based pantry lists drift. Correct it now and then when you use something up.
- Approve every grocery cart. Substitutions and prices change.
Where this comes from
Original post by r/hermesagent on Reddit, Nov 7, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. The result is what the poster reports.
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