Gousto Recipe Skill

Search and browse 9,000+ Gousto recipes from the command line.

Quick Start

# First time: build the cache (~3 min)
./scripts/update-cache.sh

# Search recipes
./scripts/search.sh chicken
./scripts/search.sh "beef curry"

# Get full recipe with ingredients & steps
./scripts/recipe.sh honey-soy-chicken-with-noodles

Scripts

Script	Purpose
search.sh <query>	Search recipes by title (uses local cache)
recipe.sh <slug>	Get full recipe details with ingredients and cooking steps
update-cache.sh	Rebuild local cache from Gousto API (~3 min)

API Details

Official Gousto API (recipe listing):

https://production-api.gousto.co.uk/cmsreadbroker/v1/recipes?limit=50&offset=0

• Returns metadata: title, rating, prep_time, url
• Paginate with offset parameter (NOT skip — that's broken!)
• ~9,300 recipes total

Official Gousto API (single recipe):

https://production-api.gousto.co.uk/cmsreadbroker/v1/recipe/{slug}

• Full recipe with ingredients, cooking steps, nutritional info
• HTML in steps is stripped to plain text by the script

Cache Format

data/recipes.json — array of objects:

{
  "title": "Chicken Tikka Masala",
  "slug": "chicken-tikka-masala",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "rating_count": 12543,
  "prep_time": 35,
  "uid": "blt123..."
}

Notes

• Cache is gitignored — run update-cache.sh after cloning
• Search is instant (local jq filter)
• Recipe fetch requires network (vfjr.dev proxy)