# MealPulse Budget Meal Strategy

> MealPulse Budget Meal Strategy is a paid API for AI agents from mealpulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a complete weekly meal strategy with sample menus and shopping tactics tailored to a specified budget

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mealpulse.vercel.app/api/meal/budget
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mealpulse-budget-meal-strategy-126c57d1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_edcYu4cB6fNPwxuQ_BOAM

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-strategy-126c57d1
```

Example prompt: Can you give me a full weekly meal strategy on a $60 budget for two people? I want sample menus for all 7 days plus shopping tactics to stay under budget.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when the user explicitly needs a budget-constrained weekly meal strategy with actionable shopping tactics, rather than just a recipe or generic meal plan. It is ideal for frugal cooking agents, household budget planners, or anyone who needs a cohesive 7-day eating plan optimized around a specific dollar amount.

## Known failure modes

- Budget too low to generate realistic meals — returns error or minimal plan
- Missing required budget parameter — returns 400 bad request
- Service unavailable or payment not processed — returns 402 or 503
- Budget amount in unexpected currency or format — returns validation error

## 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

A structured weekly meal strategy including 7 days of sample menus, budget-optimized shopping tactics, estimated costs per meal, and tips for sticking to the specified budget — all tailored to the input budget amount and household parameters.

## 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-strategy-126c57d1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mealpulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mealpulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)