Import a recipe with AI

AI Import turns pasted recipe text — from websites, dictation, cookbook scans, or foreign-language sources — into the recipe format, ready to review and save.

Before you start

• Look for the AI Import button on the homepage. If you’re a kitchen member and it isn’t there, the deployment doesn’t have an Anthropic API key configured. (On mirepoix.recipes the key is set by the operator. Self-hosted deployments set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in their environment.)
• Each kitchen has a monthly limit shared across everyone in the kitchen — 10 imports by default. The dialog footer shows the count (“3 of 10 AI imports used this month.”) and resets on the 1st of each month.

How to import

1. Click AI Import on the homepage. The Import with AI dialog opens.
2. Paste the recipe text into the dialog. The importer cleans up some noise but works best with a focused selection — try to leave out navigation links and comments.
3. (Optional) Tick Expert mode — condense for experienced cooks to strip the obvious basics and reorganize for clarity. Leave it unchecked to preserve the source’s wording (the default).
4. Click Import. The result opens in the recipe editor.
5. Review the recipe. AI Import is a starting point, not a finished recipe — check the title, ingredients, quantities, and steps. See Adding & Editing for editor mode options.
6. Click Save.