Recipe GOAT CLI

Recipe GOAT — find the best version of any recipe across 37 trusted sites, with offline cookbook, pantry match, substitution lookup, meal planning, and USDA-backed nutrition.

Created by @tmchow (Trevin Chow).

Quick Start

1. Install

See Install above.

2. Set Up Credentials

Get your API key from your API provider's developer portal. The key typically looks like a long alphanumeric string.

export USDA_FDC_API_KEY="<paste-your-key>"

You can also persist this in your config file at ~/.config/recipe-goat-pp-cli/config.toml.

3. Verify Setup

recipe-goat-pp-cli doctor

This checks your configuration and credentials.

4. Try Your First Command

recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list

Usage

Run recipe-goat-pp-cli --help for the full command reference and flag list.

Commands

foods

USDA FoodData Central — ingredient nutrition lookups

• recipe-goat-pp-cli foods get - Get a specific food by FDC ID
• recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list - List foods paginated
• recipe-goat-pp-cli foods search - Search USDA FoodData Central for foods matching a query

Output Formats

# Human-readable table (default in terminal, JSON when piped)
recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list

# JSON for scripting and agents
recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list --json

# Filter to specific fields
recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list --json --select id,name,status

# Dry run — show the request without sending
recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list --dry-run

# Agent mode — JSON + compact + no prompts in one flag
recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list --agent

Agent Usage

This CLI is designed for AI agent consumption:

• Non-interactive - never prompts, every input is a flag
• Pipeable - --json output to stdout, errors to stderr
• Filterable - --select id,name returns only fields you need
• Previewable - --dry-run shows the request without sending
• Read-only by default - this CLI does not create, update, delete, publish, send, or mutate remote resources
• Offline-friendly - sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
• Agent-safe by default - no colors or formatting unless --human-friendly is set

Exit codes: 0 success, 2 usage error, 3 not found, 4 auth error, 5 API error, 7 rate limited, 10 config error.

Health Check

recipe-goat-pp-cli doctor

Verifies configuration, credentials, and connectivity to the API.

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/recipe-goat-pp-cli/config.toml

Environment variables:

• USDA_FDC_API_KEY

Troubleshooting

Authentication errors (exit code 4)

• Run recipe-goat-pp-cli doctor to check credentials
• Verify the environment variable is set: echo $USDA_FDC_API_KEY Not found errors (exit code 3)
• Check the resource ID is correct
• Run the list command to see available items

HTTP Transport

This CLI uses Chrome-compatible HTTP transport for browser-facing endpoints. It does not require a resident browser process for normal API calls.

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