Sprint 13 (commit bae9403) set OLLAMA_MODEL=kimi-k2.6:cloud.
kimi-k2.6 is a reasoning model that burns the entire max_tokens=800
budget on internal reasoning and never produces the JSON answer
for the Sprint 13 prompt. Every /api/llm/plan call has returned
picked_count=0 since 2026-06-05. The library fill (Sprint 6+)
silently took over, masking the bug. Every "Ask the LLM" click
paid Ollama costs for nothing.
Discovered while answering the user's "is there anything else to
refine?" question. Added a temp debug log to _ask_llm, saw
raw_response='' with finish_reason: length. Verified on Ollama
Cloud: gpt-oss:20b (OpenAI's open-source 20B non-reasoning
model) returns 21 valid picks in 2074 chars on the same prompt.
finish_reason: stop. Reasoning field is 239 chars vs kimi-k2.6's
8206+ chars.
Two-line fix:
- backend/app/config.py:38 — OLLAMA_MODEL: str = "gpt-oss:20b"
(was "kimi-k2.6:cloud")
- backend/app/api/llm_plan.py:117 — max_tokens: 4000 (was 800).
21 picks × ~100 chars + reasoning + boilerplate ≈ 2100+ chars;
4000 gives 2x headroom.
Plus the host's .env (or docker-compose env) was also set to
OLLAMA_MODEL=gpt-oss:20b — pydantic settings read env first, so
the .env change is what actually fixed the running container. The
config.py default is a backup for new deploys.
Plus frontend/src/api/llm.test.ts (NEW, 4 cases) — Vitest
contract test on the LLM response shape. Locks plan_id (UUID),
picked_count / filled_count / failed_count (non-negative integers
summing to ≤ 21), and reasoning (string|null). Catches
response-shape regressions so a future model swap that breaks
the JSON contract is caught at npm test time. The 4 cases: 8a
(POST to /llm/plan with payload), 8b (response.plan_id is a
valid UUID), 8c (counts are non-negative integers summing to
≤ 21), 8d (reasoning is string or null).
Verified: 11/11 vitest cases pass (4 new from S16 + 7 from S14).
npm run build green. Live API: 5/5 test weeks return picked_count
15-21 (was 0/5 before). Backend env verified:
docker exec mealplanner-backend-1 env | grep OLLAMA_MODEL →
gpt-oss:20b. No new runtime dependencies. No migration. No
schema change. No UI change.
Deploy: git pull + docker compose up -d --build backend frontend.
The .env change should already be in place; verify with
docker exec mealplanner-backend-1 env | grep OLLAMA_MODEL.
Sprint 12 wires a "Search the web" toggle on /recipes that hits
Spoonacular’s complexSearch API. Each result has an "Import"
button that pulls the full recipe info (1 point) and writes a
local Recipe row with the right schema fields. Spoonacular
ingredients are upserted into the local Ingredient table via the
existing idempotent logic (mirrors POST /api/ingredients without
the HTTP roundtrip).
No pre-existing WIP files touched. Sprint 12 creates a new
backend/app/api/recipe_search.py router (separate from the WIP
recipes.py) and adds 2 Pydantic models to backend/app/schemas/
__init__.py (the canonical location). The WIP recipes.py is
registered in main.py (lines 54-55) and handles GET /api/recipes,
GET /api/recipes/recommended, GET /api/recipes/{id} — none of
which collide with my new endpoints.
Backend:
- backend/app/api/recipe_search.py (NEW, ~270 lines). 2 endpoints:
- GET /api/recipes/search?q=&limit= — calls complexSearch with
addRecipeInformation=true, fillIngredients=true,
instructionsRequired=true. Returns normalized
RecipeSearchHit[]. NO info endpoint call (saves 1 pt per
result; the pre-existing _search_spoonacular calls the info
endpoint for every result, burning the whole daily quota on a
10-result search).
- POST /api/recipes/import — fetches /recipes/{id}/information
(1 pt), normalizes, upserts ingredients via the existing
idempotent helper, creates a local Recipe with
external_source="spoonacular" + external_id +
is_manually_added=True, returns the new recipe id.
- Process-wide _points_used counter (module-level singleton +
threading.Lock). 503 with detail: "spoonacular daily quota
reached; try again tomorrow" when over 140 (10-pt safety
margin under the 150-pt free tier). Resets on process restart.
- 503 with clear "SPOONACULAR_API_KEY not configured" when env
var unset.
- Idempotent import: 409 on duplicate (external_source,
external_id).
- backend/app/config.py — added SPOONACULAR_API_KEY: Optional[str]
to Settings (was previously read via getattr since extra=ignore).
- backend/app/schemas/__init__.py — added RecipeSearchHit +
RecipeImportRequest.
- backend/app/main.py:62-63 — registered recipe_search_api.router
at the /api/recipes prefix. No collision with the WIP.
Frontend:
- frontend/src/api/index.ts — added 5 new methods to
mealPlannerApi.recipes: search, importRecipe, recommended,
listIngredients, createIngredient. The last 3 are stubs for
pre-existing call sites in Pantry/MealDetail/Recommended.tsx
that were previously hidden by a smaller API surface.
- frontend/src/pages/Recipes.tsx — added searchWeb toggle state
+ importedExternalIds set + webHits query (enabled: searchWeb &&
debouncedQ.length >= 2) + importMutation (toast on success,
showApiError on failure) + the toggle button (with
aria-pressed={searchWeb}) + the web-search panel (<div
role="region" aria-label="Web recipe search"
aria-busy={webLoading}>). The panel reuses the existing q +
handleSearch (300ms debounce) so the local search bar drives
both. The Import button has a 3-state machine: Import
(Sparkles) → Importing… (Loader2) → Imported (Check, disabled).
- frontend/src/types/index.ts — added optional ingredient +
is_optional to RecipeIngredient (for pre-existing MealDetail.tsx
call sites).
Verified: npm run build green (tsc 0 errors, vite 0 errors).
Bundle: 496.48 → 500.28 kB (+3.8 kB). Backend AST clean on all 4
changed files. Backend pytest skipped (venv on docker-willester
is broken, pre-existing).
Deploy: git pull + docker compose up -d --build backend frontend
(backend has the new router; frontend has the new toggle). No
migration, no new dependencies.
- config: switch Settings to ConfigDict(extra='ignore') so extra env vars
(spoonacular_api_key, SWIFTLY_BEARER_TOKEN) don't crash import.
Remove deprecated class Config.
- email: wrap SendGrid imports in try/except so the module loads without
the optional dependency. Update test_email_backend to patch Mail/RepyTo.
- planner_select: default PlannerConfig.set_size=21 (3 meals/day × 7) is
way too large for the unit test assertion that checks 3-recipe diversity.
Introduced _CFG_3 with set_size=3 and applied to all tests.
- Delete stale test_matcher.py importing removed functions.
Full suite: 46 passed, 74 skipped (Postgres), 0 failed, 120 collected.
Matcher improvements (matcher.py):
- Plural normalization: 'tortillas'→'tortilla', 'thighs'→'thigh' so
subset recall check works without stemmer
- Precision floor lowered 0.45→0.30: allows 'Bacon'→'Wright Brand Bacon'
(1/3=0.33) while exclusion words still block category contaminants
- _EXCLUSION_WORDS now normalized through same singularizer for consistency
LLM second-pass (llm_matcher.py):
- run_llm_match_job(): for each still-unmatched ingredient, collects top-12
candidates from grocery catalog ranked by fuzzy×precision (same metric as
AUTO matcher), then asks Ollama to pick the best match
- Candidate scoring: combined = (partial_token_sort_ratio/100) × precision
ensures "McCormick Black Pepper" outranks "Dr Pepper" for 'Black Pepper'
- Stores picks as source='auto_llm' (confidence=0.750)
- Ollama Cloud endpoint: https://ollama.com/v1, model: kimi-k2.6:cloud
Migration 0010: adds 'auto_llm' to ingredient_match_source_enum
Config: OLLAMA_BASE_URL / OLLAMA_API_KEY / OLLAMA_MODEL settings
Docker-compose: wires all three Ollama + Spoonacular env vars to backend/scheduler
Scraper service: calls run_llm_match_job after run_match_job on every scrape
Results: AUTO matcher went from 36→25 unmatched (plural normalization fix),
LLM added 3 more (Black Pepper, Zucchini, Chicken Thighs).
Remaining 22 are genuine Lucky CA catalog gaps (standalone olive oil,
dried spices, etc. not in Swiftly weekly ad).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Backend (FastAPI):
- docker-compose with all 4 services
- FastAPI app with health endpoints
- SQLAlchemy models for all tables
- Placeholder API endpoints for all routes
- Config and database modules
- requirements.txt with all dependencies
Frontend (React):
- package.json with React, Tailwind, React Query, React Router
- Vite config with API proxy
- Tailwind and TypeScript configs
- Basic App with routing skeleton
- Placeholder pages (Dashboard, MealDetail, Pantry)
Infrastructure:
- nginx config for reverse proxy
- Dockerfile for backend and frontend
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