Use Case
Mealie API skill isn't just for solo use — teams can share skills and build consistent AI workflows across the organization. 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 covers how to deploy Mealie API skill for your team, standardize prompts, and create shared workflows that everyone can use.
Install Mealie API skill in your project directory: .claude/skills/mealie/
Commit the skill folder to your repository so the whole team has access
Document your team's standard prompts in a shared README
Use Mealie API skill in code reviews, standups, and planning sessions
Iterate: collect feedback from the team and refine your prompts
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Mealie API skill
How can my team use Mealie API skill together?
Set up Mealie API skill for our project so everyone can use it
Create a shared workflow using Mealie API skill for our team
Select your agent
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.