Croft

User Guide

Navigating the Meal Plan

The Meal Plan page shows the current 4-week dinner cycle. Each cycle is a block of 4 weeks generated from your Notion recipe database.

  • Week tabs — Switch between weeks using the tabs at the top. The current week is highlighted.
  • Day cards — Each day shows the planned dinner with its name and any notes.
  • Status badge — Each week has a status: Draft (just generated), Pending Review (ready for your review), or Approved (locked in, shopping list created).

Swapping Meals

Don't like the order? Drag and drop meals between days to rearrange them. On touch devices (iPad/iPhone), press and hold a meal card, then drag it to another day.

The swap is saved immediately — no need to click a save button.

Replacing a Meal

Want a completely different meal? Tap the Replace button on any meal card. A search modal appears where you can:

  • Search by meal name
  • Browse available meals
  • Select a replacement — the swap is saved instantly

Clearing a Week

Want to start fresh? Tap the Clear Week button to remove all meal entries from a week. This is useful if you want to manually rebuild a week by replacing individual days. Only available for unapproved weeks.

Approving a Week

Once you're happy with a week's plan, tap Approve. This does two things:

  1. Locks the week's meal plan (no more changes)
  2. Automatically generates a shopping list based on the week's ingredients

You'll receive a push notification confirming the approval if notifications are enabled.

Using the Shopping List

After approving a week, navigate to the Shopping List page. Items are grouped by store category (produce, dairy, meat, etc.) for easy shopping.

  • Check items off — Tap an item to mark it as purchased. Checked items move to the bottom of their category.
  • Progress bar — Shows how many items you've checked off out of the total.
  • Staple items excluded — Ingredients marked as "staples" in your pantry are automatically excluded from the shopping list.
  • Multiple lists — If you have several approved weeks, use the tabs to switch between shopping lists.

Providing Context via Chat

The Chat page lets you leave messages that provide context for meal planning:

  • "We have leftover roast chicken to use up"
  • "Guests coming for dinner on Saturday"
  • "Trying to eat less red meat this month"
  • "Kids are on school break next week — more lunches at home"

You can optionally tag a message with a context week to indicate which week it applies to. Unprocessed messages are reviewed during weekly check-ins.

Messages show a "read" indicator once they have been processed.

Managing Notifications

Croft sends push notifications for key events:

  • New plan ready — When a new 4-week cycle is generated
  • Weekly review — Wednesday reminder to review the upcoming week
  • Plan approved — Confirmation when you approve a week

Manage your subscription in Settings → Notifications:

  • Enable — Subscribe this device to push notifications
  • Disable — Unsubscribe this device
  • Active Devices — See all devices currently subscribed

Notifications require browser permission. If you accidentally blocked notifications, you'll need to re-enable them in your browser/device settings for this site.

Settings

Household

Add family members with their dietary restrictions and food preferences (likes and dislikes).

Calendar

Connect your Google Calendar so the agent can see busy evenings and plan accordingly (quick meals on busy nights, fancier meals on free weekends).

Notifications

Enable or disable push notifications per device. See the notifications section above.