
Grocery list
A grocery list your AI keeps sorted by aisle. Say what you need in one sentence; it files each item and clears what you've ticked.
For anyone who keeps a grocery list in their notes and is tired of sorting it by aisle by hand.
Free. Use template opens Amber Notes and adds the note. No Amber Notes yet? Download it for Mac.

30 September 2026
Grocery list
One running list for the shop, sorted by aisle. Tell your AI what you need and it files each thing under the right aisle. Tick things off as you shop.
Fruit and veg
- Lemons
- Avocados
- Limes
Bread and dairy
- Oat milk
- Tortillas
Meat and fish
Cupboard
- Chickpeas, 2 cans
Frozen
Household
- Bin bags
The note after a few days of talking to your AI. Tinted lines are what it added, the way Amber Notes shows an AI's changes, with Undo and the earlier version kept in the note's history.
What the prompt does
Your AI creates a note called “Grocery list” in your Home folder, or finds the one you already have, and learns how to keep it. One running list for the shop, sorted by aisle. Tell your AI what you need and it files each thing under the right aisle. Tick things off as you shop.
Paste it once into a chat in ChatGPT or Claude with Amber Notes turned on, or into Claude Code.
Then just talk to it
- We need oat milk, lemons, two cans of chickpeas, bin bags and something for Friday's tacos.
- I'm back from the shop.
- What's still on the list?
Show the full prompt
First, look for a note called "Grocery list" in my Amber Notes with search_notes. If there isn't one, create it with create_note in the folder "Home", using exactly the markdown at the end of this message, the <!-- pane-table --> line included (it gives the table's columns their types).
Then: Use my Amber Notes note "Grocery list". When I tell you what we need, even in one long sentence, read the note with read_note, then add each item as a checklist line under the aisle heading it belongs to with append_to_note. Skip anything already on the list and unticked. Keep item names short and add a quantity only when I give one. When I say I'm back from the shop, remove the ticked lines with edit_note and tell me what's left. If something doesn't fit an aisle, put it under "Household".
```markdown Grocery list One running list for the shop, sorted by aisle. Tell your AI what you need and it files each thing under the right aisle. Tick things off as you shop. ## Fruit and veg ## Bread and dairy ## Meat and fish ## Cupboard ## Frozen ## Household ```
The note you start with
This is what the prompt creates in Amber Notes: an ordinary note with the headings ready. Your AI fills it in from there, and you can still edit every line yourself.
Today
Grocery list
One running list for the shop, sorted by aisle. Tell your AI what you need and it files each thing under the right aisle. Tick things off as you shop.
Fruit and veg
Bread and dairy
Meat and fish
Cupboard
Frozen
Household
How to set it up
- Add the template to Amber NotesChoose Use template. Amber Notes opens and adds the "Grocery list" note to the folder you pick.
- Connect your AIConnect ChatGPT, Claude or Claude Code to Amber Notes once, and choose Read and Edit so it can fill in the note.
- Give your AI the promptCopy the prompt for your AI and paste it into a chat. Then tell it what happened, in your own words.
- ChatGPTPlus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu, on the web. A few minutes in Developer mode.Connect ChatGPT
- ClaudeOpen Amber Notes in Claude's connector directory, choose Connect to Claude, then Allow.Connect Claude
- Claude CodeOne command in your terminal, or the button in Amber Notes on a Mac.Connect Claude Code
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