Build Log · June 20, 2026

ForgeHome Event Prep

Courtney can now see big things coming, plan food for them, and have ingredients in her cart before the event week.

  • ForgeHome
  • Meals
  • Calendar
  • UX
day lookahead in /week
30

day lookahead in /week

new API routes
5

new API routes

new DB columns
4

new DB columns

new components
2

new components

Timeline

  1. Start

    Scoped the feature

    Courtney feedback: future events + pretzel salad + groceries before the event

  2. 30m

    Schema + week page

    30-day lookahead, isRecurring filter, hiddenFromLookahead, dishLabel columns pushed

  3. 60m

    LookaheadCard built

    Plan for this event panel, hide button, confirmation summary, save-as-recipe

  4. 90m

    Grocery list updated

    Event items grouped by event then by dish, neededByDate visible

  5. 120m

    Recurring fix

    Google recurringEventId wired into sync; backfill endpoint ran to fix existing rows

What shipped

  • 30-day Coming Up section inside /week — non-recurring, non-hidden events only

  • LookaheadCard component — Plan for this event button, food prep panel, hide from Coming Up

  • Ingredient generation from dish name — checks saved recipes (fuzzy match), falls back to Claude

  • Confirmation summary after ingredient add — count, needed-by date (editable), save-as-recipe, view groceries link

  • Multiple dishes per event — each tracked by dishLabel, no limit

  • POST /api/events/recipe-grocery — generates and saves grocery items tagged to the event

  • POST /api/events/save-recipe — saves generated ingredients as a reusable household recipe

  • PATCH /api/events/recipe-grocery/need-by — updates neededByDate for all items on an event

  • Grocery list event section — groups by event + dish, shows event date and need-by date

  • Google Calendar sync now reads recurringEventId and writes isRecurring to routeItems

  • Debug backfill endpoint to fix existing rows — one-time run, can be deleted

“This is a very strong product direction. It makes ForgeHome less like a calendar and more like a home operations assistant.”
— Zeb, mid-session feedback