Fork and Folio
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Your muse
an editorial magazine-style recipe journal with big imagery, long reading pages and a meal planner, made-up recipes
Done. Milestone 1 is done:
npm run verifyexits 0 with 8 tests passing and 4 of 4 requirements green.Checks ran
Done. Milestone 2 is complete. What changed:
Checks ran, try 2
Done. Milestone 3 is done:
npm run verifyexits 0 with all steps green, 17 tests passing, and 10 of 10 requirements.Checks found problems, try 3
Planner selects cut the recipe title to Cozy Butte on the right edge.
Done. Fix round complete:
npm run verifyexits 0, all 17 tests passing, 10/10 requirements.Checks found problems, try 4
No error state with retry is visible for story or image generation.
Checks passed, try 5
The plan: Fork and Folio
A slow food magazine that invents recipes worth reading.
- Open the cover home and browse the latest invented issue
- Pick a story or enter a craving to invent a new recipe story
- Read the long magazine page with big hero image and chapters
- Save the recipe to the journal collection
See the full plan
Who it's for
Home cooks who love food magazines, long reads and weekly planning.
How it works
- Open the cover home and browse the latest invented issue
- Pick a story or enter a craving to invent a new recipe story
- Read the long magazine page with big hero image and chapters
- Save the recipe to the journal collection
- Open the meal planner and drop saved stories onto the week
- Review the auto shopping list and start cooking from the reading page
Screens
- Cover Home. Magazine cover with featured stories and entry to latest issue
- Library. Browse past invented issues and all stories
- Reading Page. Long magazine article with big images, story, ingredients and steps
- Meal Planner. Weekly grid to assign recipes plus auto shopping list
- Journal. Saved clippings collection with notes and cooking history
What goes in
- Text: Theme, craving, ingredients, servings and diet notes under 1000 characters
What comes out
- Text: Long magazine reading page with story, ingredients, steps and cook notes
- Image: Large hero and inline editorial food images for each story
Models
Model Used for Why Muse Wonder Write invented recipes and long magazine style stories, reading pages and weekly meal plans Needed for made-up recipes, long form editorial copy and meal planner text Muse Image Generate large editorial food photography style hero images for each recipe story Needed for big imagery on covers and reading pages without stock photos Limits
- All recipes are invented by AI for fun and are not tested for safety, nutrition or allergies. Check ingredients before cooking.
- Generated food photos are illustrations and may not match the written recipe exactly.
- Meal plans and shopping lists stay in this browser only and cover one week at a time.
- Uses the browser voice for read aloud. No grocery delivery, sharing, accounts or nutrition analysis.
From your inspo
The person gave only a text note with no references. They want an editorial magazine style recipe journal with big imagery, long reading pages, a meal planner and invented recipes.
Takes
- The job of a recipe journal with invented recipes
- Long reading flow plus a weekly meal planner
- Magazine mood with big photos and slow reading rhythm
Cost per run: about $0.07 (est.). One run writes one story with Wonder about 2500 input tokens for $0.01 plus 1800 output tokens for $0.036 and 2 images at $0.01 each for $0.02, total about $0.066 rounded to $0.07.
What you asked for 10 of 10 checked and working
- R1: Show an editorial magazine-style layout with covers, headlines, folios and feature spreads Works Library and cover show folios No. 14 Autumn, serif headlines and feature cards.
- R2: Provide a recipe journal collection where saved recipes stay after reload Works Journal shows 1 recipe kept close and later 2 recipes with saved dates.
- R3: Show big imagery with full bleed hero photos on covers and reading pages Works Covers and reading pages show full width hero food images at top.
- R4: Provide long reading pages with story chapters, pull quotes, ingredient list and steps Works Reading pages show chapters, pull quotes, Method steps 01-06 and Ingredients lists.
- R5: Provide a meal planner where user assigns saved recipes to days and gets a shopping list that stays after reload Works Planner shows assigned Monday Tuesday stories and 17 item shopping list.
- R6: Invent made-up recipes from a theme or craving with title, story, ingredients and steps Works Invented page shows Cozy Autumn Squash Pasta title, story, ingredients and steps.
- R7: Provide consistent navigation to move between Cover Home, Library, Reading Page, Meal Planner and Journal screens Works Top nav with Cover Library Journal Meal Planner appears on all screens.
- R8: Allow editing and removing saved journal entries and planner days, with changes kept after reload Works Journal shows Save note and Remove, planner shows day dropdowns and Clear.
- R9: Show an empty journal and empty planner state with prompts to invent or browse recipes Works Empty journal and empty planner show browse and invent prompts.
- R10: Show clear error states when story or image generation fails with retry Works Story error shows retry for length limit and image error shows Try again.
Recorded demo Done. Fix round 2 done:
npm run verifyexits 0, all 17 tests passing, 10/10 requirements.It's live.