Your AislePrompt Pantry

Cart deduction details — what the inventory page controls

Two cart-deduction settings are exposed only on the inventory page itself, not anywhere else in the product: partial quantities — a half-carton of chicken broth reduces the cart by the amount you own (not the full recipe amount), so the cart still includes the shortfall; and the per-item "always buy fresh" flag — toggle it on any item to skip deduction for that item across every recipe, useful for produce you prefer to select yourself at the store. Both controls live next to the item row in the inventory list, persist across sessions, and apply to every cart you build from the moment you change them — no per-recipe override needed. Ready to build your cart? Shop on Instacart →

Expiry-first recipe sorting — cook before it goes bad

AislePrompt tracks item expiry dates and surfaces recipes that use your soonest-expiring items near the top of suggestions. If you have Greek yogurt expiring in two days, dishes that call for it rank above dishes that don't. When an item nears expiry (default: 3 days out), a banner appears on the pantry screen and the item moves to the top of the list. Mark it used and it drops off automatically — no manual cleanup. For the dedicated ingredient-first workflow, see Cook With What You Have.

Meal plan deduction — one pantry check, five days at once

Build a 5-day meal plan and the combined weekly shopping list deducts pantry-owned ingredients across all five days simultaneously — not meal by meal. So if three recipes this week call for olive oil and you already own it, it never appears in the cart regardless of how many recipes need it. This is the difference between planning a week and planning a week that skips what you already have. See Meal Plan for the full calendar workflow. Shop this week on Instacart →

Keeping your pantry accurate

The shopping deduction is only as useful as the data behind it. Two habits that help: scan items as you unpack groceries (before putting them away), and tap "used" in the app as you cook rather than at the end of the week. AislePrompt remembers your most-added items so re-adding a staple after it runs out takes a single tap. Even 70% pantry accuracy meaningfully shortens most Instacart carts — you don't need a perfect inventory for the feature to pay off.

Family-shared pantry

Households on a shared profile share one pantry, shopping list, and meal plan — synced in real time across every member's devices. The Family Sharing page is the canonical reference for how to set up sharing, invite members, manage roles, and configure privacy.

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