Food Tracker

What This Skill Does

The Food Tracker is your intelligent, persistent food diary and analysis system for OpenClaw. It functions as an automated personal nutritionist that absorbs, classifies, and organizes your dietary inputs. Whether you provide a photo of a meal, a nutrition label, a complex recipe, or a casual text input about what you ate, this skill parses the data, extracts portions and nutritional content, and stores it within your local ~/food/memory.md file. It goes beyond simple logging by building a personal database of your eating habits, restaurants you visit, and specific products you consume. It tracks patterns like timing, variety, and frequency, offering proactive insights without intruding on your dining experience.

Installation

To add this skill to your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/ivangdavila/food

Ensure that you have write permissions to your user home directory, as the skill needs to create and update the ~/food/memory.md file for persistent data storage.

Use Cases

• Dietary Compliance: Easily log meals against known allergies or restrictions to receive instant conflict warnings.
• Shopping & Inventory: Reference the scanned product list to see what you regularly consume or to verify caloric values while at the store.
• Trend Analysis: Identify your dining-out frequency versus home cooking to manage your food budget and health goals more effectively.
• Recipe Management: Save your favorite quick meals and store key ingredients and preparation times for future access.

Example Prompts

1. "I just ate a grilled chicken salad with vinaigrette at the downtown bistro; log this for me and tell me what you think of my recent meal variety."
2. "Scan this label from my protein shake, add it to my product database, and check if it contains any ingredients I'm intolerant to."
3. "Based on my food memory, what do my snacking patterns look like over the last week?"

Tips & Limitations

• Proactive Warnings: Always update your preferences section in ~/food/memory.md to ensure the skill can flag conflicts correctly.
• Data Depth: For detailed macro-nutrient tracking, integrate this skill with the calories skill for a comprehensive health suite.
• Transparency: The skill does not provide medical advice. Use it as a supplemental tracking tool rather than a diagnostic device.
• Manual Editing: Feel free to organize your ~/food/memory.md manually if you need to perform bulk cleanups or add historical data that wasn't captured automatically.