Use Case
Mealie API skill is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Interact with a self‑hosted Mealie instance (recipe manager & meal planner) via its REST API. Use for adding, updating, retrieving recipes, meal plans and generating shopping lists. Trigger when the user mentions their Mealie URL, wants to import a recipe, create a meal plan or fetch a shopping list. This guide walks you through installing Mealie API skill, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands — so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Mealie API skill: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install mealie
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger Mealie API skill
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Combine Mealie API skill with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Mealie API skill
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What can Mealie API skill do for my developer & devops workflow?
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Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install mealieOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install mealie⚠️ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js →
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/mealie/💡Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.