# MealPulse Budget Meal Planner

> MealPulse Budget Meal Planner is a paid API for AI agents from mealpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Generates a realistic weekly budget meal strategy with sample menus and money-saving shopping tactics based on budget, household size, and location

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mealpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/meal/budget
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mealpulse-budget-meal-planner-0430bbe9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8Ltxlfx-GbQP0s7lCHp6k

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability mealpulse-budget-meal-planner-0430bbe9
```

Example prompt: Can you put together a budget-friendly weekly meal plan for my family of 4 living in Chicago with a total food budget of $120 for the week, including sample menus and tips on how to save money at the grocery store?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when the user's primary constraint is budget and they need a realistic, actionable weekly meal strategy rather than just a recipe or meal plan by dietary preference. Ideal when cost minimization, frugal shopping tactics, and affordability are the top priorities rather than cuisine style or dietary restriction compliance.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required parameters (budget, number of people, or location) returns an error
- Extremely low or unrealistic budget values may return a warning or limited results
- Unsupported or ambiguous location strings may fail to localize shopping advice
- Network timeout if the generation takes longer than expected

## How this service works

Budget meal plan / cheap meals on a budget / frugal weekly meal strategy. Takes a weekly budget, number of people, and location and returns a realistic meal strategy with sample menus and money-saving shopping tactics for any budget. Worldwide.

## Output

Returns a structured meal strategy including sample daily menus for the week, money-saving shopping tactics, and budget-optimized food suggestions tailored to the specified budget, household size, and geographic location.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "budget": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "budget"
  },
  "people": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "people"
  },
  "dietary": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "dietary"
  },
  "location": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "location"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mealpulse-budget-meal-planner-0430bbe9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mealpulse.theaslangroupllc.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mealpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/llms.txt)