Build Log
ForgeHome Event Prep
June 20, 2026
Courtney can now see big things coming, plan food for them, and have ingredients in her cart before the event week.
Timeline
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.”