Weekly Grocery Automation

The Problem I kept forgetting to buy groceries. Not occasionally — consistently. I’d run out of food, tell myself I’d order later, and later never came. It was affecting my health and energy levels, so I decided to automate the entire thing. What I Built A fully automated grocery pipeline that runs every Sunday at 9am: Reads a JSON grocery list I maintain by texting my AI agent (“add chicken thighs”, “milk is empty”) Launches a headless Playwright browser with a persisted Instacart session Searches each item on Instacart, picks the best match, and adds it to cart Logs each item’s name, price, and quantity to a local CSV for spend tracking Sends a Telegram summary to my group chat with a direct checkout link I review the cart, tap checkout, and the groceries arrive. That’s my only job. ...

June 1, 2026 · 2 min · Allen Ghanghas

Dior HQ

An AI agent platform for automating semi-structured work — the tasks that are too messy for a script but too repetitive to keep doing by hand. The goal is to give individuals and small teams the kind of automation leverage that currently only exists inside large engineering orgs. Status: Active development Stack: Python, Claude API, custom agent orchestration

January 1, 2026 · 1 min · Allen Ghanghas