Sync to Notion

Synchronize meal planning files to Notion databases for rich visual browsing, meal planning calendar views, and recipe enrichments.

What This Does

Syncs your file-based meal planner (.cook recipes, .txt meal plans) to Notion databases:

• Recipes → Notion Recipes database (with ingredients, instructions, metadata)
• Meal Plans → Notion Meal Plans + Meal Entries databases (calendar view)
• Maintains file ↔ page mappings for incremental updates
• Tracks sync state to avoid unnecessary re-syncing

Usage Examples

• /sync-to-notion - Full sync (all recipes + meal plans)
• /sync-to-notion recipes - Sync only recipes
• /sync-to-notion meal-plans - Sync only meal plans ✅ NOW WORKING!

How It Works

For Recipes:

1. Parse Files: Uses CookCLI to parse .cook files
2. Check Existing: Queries Notion for existing recipe pages by File Path
3. Auto-Find Images ✅ NEW: Automatically searches for recipe images

- Matches keywords from recipe names (pasta, chicken, tacos, etc.) - Uses curated high-quality Unsplash food photography - 3-tier fallback system (curated → generic → safe default) - Always provides an image (100% coverage) - Preserves manually uploaded images

1. Create/Update: Creates new pages or updates existing ones
2. Track State: Saves sync timestamps to .notion/sync-state.json

For Meal Plans (NEW):

1. Parse Meal Plan: Reads pipe-delimited .txt file
2. Extract Week Date: From filename (week-YYYY-MM-DD.txt) or comments
3. Create Meal Plan: Creates/updates Meal Plan page with week info
4. Create Meal Entries: For each meal, creates Meal Entry with relations to:

- Meal Plan page (parent plan) - Recipe page (which recipe to make)

1. Link Recipes: Looks up recipe pages by file path
2. Archive Old Entries: Replaces old meal entries on re-sync
3. Check Shopping List: Sets checkbox if shopping list exists

Sync Behavior

• First Sync: Creates all pages in Notion
• Subsequent Syncs: Updates only changed pages
• File Path: Used as unique identifier to link files ↔ pages
• Enrichments: Tags, ratings, images added in Notion are preserved

Output

Shows sync statistics:

📊 Sync Summary
Recipes: 12 synced, 0 failed
Meal Plans: 2 synced, 0 failed

🔗 View in Notion: [database URL]

Notion Databases

Your meal planner uses three databases:

1. Recipes: Gallery view with images, tags, ratings, last cooked date
2. Meal Plans: Calendar view by week
3. Meal Entries: Individual meals linked to recipes and meal plans

When to Use

• After importing new recipes
• After creating a meal plan
• When you want to browse recipes visually in Notion
• To share recipes with others via Notion

Manual Sync

You can also sync manually:

./scripts/sync-to-notion.sh recipes
./scripts/sync-to-notion.sh meal-plans
./scripts/sync-to-notion.sh all

Configuration

• Database IDs: .notion/config.json
• Sync state: .notion/sync-state.json
• Both files are gitignored for security

Workflow Integration

This skill is automatically triggered by:

• Editing/writing .cook files (auto-sync hook)
• Using /add-recipe-from-url skill
• Using /plan-and-shop skill (coming soon)

Note: Files remain the source of truth. Notion is an enhancement layer for browsing and enrichment.