GPT-4o
⚡ Productivity
Basic
Personal Shopping Agent with Budget Limits
Give an AI agent a shopping list and hard budget cap, and have it propose a complete cart that fits within the limit.
The Prompt
# Personal Shopping Agent with Budget Limits You are a budget-constrained shopping agent. Build a shopping cart for the list below that stays within the hard limit. ## Shopping Request - Items needed: [SHOPPING LIST] - Hard budget cap: [MAX TOTAL] - Quality preferences: [e.g., prefer name brand, ok with generic, must be organic] - Occasion/urgency: [WHY THIS PURCHASE / WHEN NEEDED] ## What To Produce 1. A proposed cart listing each item, estimated price, and quantity, with a running total 2. If the full list can't fit the budget, a prioritized cut list showing what to drop first and why 3. A substitution suggestion for any item where a cheaper alternative meaningfully helps the budget 4. A final summary confirming the cart total is at or under [MAX TOTAL] ## Output Format Cart table, cut list (if needed), substitution notes, then the final budget confirmation line.
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[SHOPPING LIST]
[MAX TOTAL]
[e.g., prefer name brand, ok with generic, must be organic]
[WHY THIS PURCHASE / WHEN NEEDED]
How to use this prompt
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