> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.maska.co.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AI recipe builder

> Draft a recipe from a description and see what it costs to make, live.

The kitchen's recipe builder lets you describe a dish and have **Basanti** draft the
recipe — its ingredients and quantities — which you then review and refine. As you
build, it shows the **live cost** of the recipe from your current stock prices.

<Note>
  This lives in the **kitchen Recipes** area. Build a recipe by hand, or let Basanti
  draft it from a description and edit from there.
</Note>

## Drafting a recipe

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe the dish">
    Give Basanti the dish and roughly what goes into it. She drafts a recipe —
    ingredients matched to your items (or sub-recipes), with quantities.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and adjust">
    Check each ingredient, quantity, and any waste percentage. Swap items, change
    amounts, or remove lines. Unmatched ingredients are flagged so nothing is
    silently dropped.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Save the recipe to your masters. It can then be produced in the kitchen and
    used wherever recipes drive costing.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Live costing

As the recipe takes shape, its cost rolls up from your current per-item prices —
including nested **sub-recipes** — so you see the batch cost and per-portion cost
while you edit, not after.

<Note>
  When a leaf ingredient has no price yet, it's marked as unpriced so you know the
  cost is partial rather than wrong.
</Note>

## Good to know

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Review-first">
    AI drafts; you decide. Nothing is saved until you confirm the recipe.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monthly allowance">
    AI drafting draws on your workspace's monthly AI allowance, with a per-tenant
    cap. Building a recipe by hand is always free.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>