When you open the fridge and see eggs, spinach, and a half-used onion, what comes next? For most of us, it’s either culinary paralysis or a desperate search through recipe blogs with autoplay videos and endless popups.
But what if your fridge’s contents could trigger a personalized, AI-generated meal plan — instantly?
That’s the idea behind Chef Agent, a new suite of AI-powered automations for n8n created by Clown Mutiny, the same collective of artists and technologists behind the Máaz Project and other speculative tech experiments. This time, we’re tackling dinner.
In this post, we’ll walk through:
- What Chef Agent is
- What you get in the Free, Pro, and Ultimate versions
- How it works behind the scenes
- Why this might be the future of cooking (or at least meal planning)
What Is Chef Agent?
Chef Agent is a set of open-source, customizable AI automations for home cooks, food bloggers, and anyone tired of Googling “easy meals with canned beans.”
Built on n8n (a no-code automation platform), Chef Agent uses AI to:
- Generate meals from available ingredients
- Suggest a few additional “upgrade” ingredients
- Organize those ideas into recipe cards
- Tag and log recipes to Notion
- Plan a week’s worth of meals
- Create a smart shopping list
It’s like having a meal planner, grocery assistant, and AI chef in one.
Why We Built It
We started tinkering with AI workflows to automate our own creative processes — making videos, generating social posts, and handling boring admin tasks. Then one of us stared at a bag of potatoes and thought:
“Could we get an AI to meal plan for us too?”
Turns out, yes.
And once we built it, we realized other people might want this workflow too — especially folks trying to eat better, save money, or reduce food waste. It’s fun. It’s useful. And it’s surprisingly powerful.
The Chef Agent Lineup
We’ve broken Chef Agent into three tiers — Free, Pro, and Ultimate — so you can choose the version that fits your needs and curiosity level.
1. Chef Agent – Free Version
Price: $0
The Free version is the base workflow — and a great entry point into AI automation if you’ve never used n8n before.
Features:
- Webhook-based input (you send your ingredient list)
- AI response suggesting 5 meals
- Up to 3 “upgrade” ingredients
- Fallback response if the AI model is offline
- Instructions built into the workflow for first-time users
- Clown Mutiny-style tagline baked in (optional but fun)
Best for: Beginners, students, curious tinkerers, and anyone who wants fast AI meal ideas.
2. Chef Agent – Pro Version
Price: $7
The Pro version takes things up a notch with Notion logging and smart tagging — making it more of a productivity tool than just a chatbot.
Added Features:
- Smart Tag Generator: The AI suggests relevant tags like “vegan,” “comfort food,” or “quick meal” for every recipe.
- Notion Sync: Recipes are automatically saved to your Notion database, creating a growing, searchable recipe book.
- Markdown-style formatting: Looks great inside Notion or elsewhere
Best for: Foodies, bloggers, Notion power users, and digital minimalists who want a custom, evolving recipe log.
3. Chef Agent – Ultimate Version
Price: $17
This is where things go full Iron Chef automation.
Added Features:
- 7-Day Meal Planner: Based on your ingredients, the AI plans breakfast, lunch, and dinner for an entire week.
- Shopping List Generator: It takes that meal plan and gives you a clean, duplicate-free shopping list.
Best for: Meal preppers, families, productivity nerds, and anyone who wants to stop thinking about what to eat for the next 7 days.
How It Works
All versions are built on n8n, a powerful no-code tool that lets you link different systems together. Here’s the basic flow:
- You send a list of ingredients to a webhook (like /lets-cook)
- The workflow triggers an AI model using Ollama (you can swap in your own)
- The AI responds with recipes
- In Pro/Ultimate versions, the workflow continues:
- Tags are generated
- Notion receives the data
- Weekly plan is formed
- Shopping list is created
- The result is returned to you (and optionally stored)
This all happens in a matter of seconds.
If you’re a developer or tinkerer, you can fork it, remix it, and bolt on your own inputs or outputs. Add Glide for a mobile UI. Integrate voice-to-text. Go nuts.
Why This Matters (And What’s Next)
Sure, it’s fun. But we also think Chef Agent scratches at something bigger:
AI workflows can enhance creativity, not just replace it.
It doesn’t replace cooking skills. It doesn’t stop you from experimenting.
But it does:
- Save you time
- Reduce decision fatigue
- Help you eat what you already have
- Turn food planning into something playful
And we’re already dreaming up next-gen modules:
- Voice input with speech-to-text
- Glide mobile interface
- Nutrition calculators
- Local recipe sharing / crowdsourced ingredients
- Kitchen inventory sync
Try It Free, Upgrade When You’re Ready
We made Chef Agent modular by design so you can pick your own adventure. Start with the free version. If you love it, go Pro. If you need full-on automation, get Ultimate. Or grab the whole bundle and explore it all.
Links:
Or just DM us and we’ll help you set it up.
Final Thoughts
Chef Agent isn’t just a product — it’s a mindset.
We’re not trying to automate away joy — we’re trying to bring it back.
More food. Less friction.
More flavor. Fewer decisions.
Whether you’re a kitchen minimalist or an AI maximalist, we hope Chef Agent gives you something tasty — on your plate or in your workflow.
Powered by Clown Mutiny’s taste-bud liberation division.