Build a tap-to-order lunch app
A developer had an agent make a photo-based lunch app that launches another agent to order the chosen meal on Uber Eats.
- What they did
- Colin asked an AI agent to create an app called Lunch. It displays a small set of food photos, and picking one starts a subagent that orders that exact item through Uber Eats.
- How it went
- After a tap, the food shows up about 60 to 90 minutes later. The finished app ended up as roughly 600,000 lines of JavaScript, far more code than the task seems to need.
- Tips
- For a similar setup, keep the choice screen simple and make the ordering step stop for review before anything is submitted or paid for. Also expect a long gap between selecting lunch and actually eating it.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
Build a simple personal app called [app name] that shows [number] photos of my usual lunch options: [list the foods or restaurants]. When I tap one photo, start a helper agent that opens Uber Eats, adds that item to the cart for delivery to [delivery address], and then pauses for my approval before any order is submitted or payment is made. Make sure I can review the cart, price, and address before confirming.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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