whats-for-dinner
Decide what to cook tonight from what you already have and how much time/energy you've got — no shopping trip, no recipe rabbit hole. Use when asked what should I make for dinner, what can I cook with what's in my fridge, quick dinner ideas, or I don't know what to eat. Produces 3 doable options ranked by effort with a quick method for each, honest substitutions, and a 'need one thing' flag if a near-miss is worth a corner-shop run — respecting diets and dislikes.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill whats-for-dinner --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# What's for Dinner The nightly stall isn't a lack of recipes — it's decision fatigue plus a fridge of odd ingredients. This looks at what you actually have, how much effort you have in you tonight, and any diet lines, then gives three real options ranked by effort with just enough method to cook — no 900-word life story, no assuming you'll pop out for five ingredients. ## What This Skill Produces - **3 options ranked by effort** — "10-min lazy," "proper but easy," "if you're into it" - **The quick method** for each — steps, not an essay; approximate times - **Honest substitutions** — what to swap for what you're missing - **The "need one thing" flag** — if a great option is one cheap item away, it says so (you decide) ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **What you've got** — the key fridge/pantry items (rough is fine: "eggs, some veg, pasta, cheese") - **Time & energy** — 10 minutes and done, or happy to cook for 40 - **Who's eating & limits** — number of people, diet (veg/vegan/GF), allergies, hard dislikes - **Equipment, if it matters** — no oven? one pan? air fryer? ## Framework: Cook What's There, Tonight 1. **Inventory first.** Build from what's on hand; only
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Cook What's There, Tonight
- Output Format
- Tonight — [N people] · [time/energy] · [diet notes]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the whats-for-dinner skill do?
Decide what to cook tonight from what you already have and how much time/energy you've got — no shopping trip, no recipe rabbit hole. Use when asked what should I make for dinner, what can I cook with what's in my fridge, quick dinner ideas, or I don't know what to eat. Produces 3 doable options ranked by effort with a quick method for each, honest substitutions, and a 'need one thing' flag if a near-miss is worth a corner-shop run — respecting diets and dislikes.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill whats-for-dinner --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.