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Find ingredients or steps missing from a recipe
Find listed ingredients with no step and step ingredients missing from the list.
Illustrative resourceNot tool-testedAdults working with non-sensitive recipe coverage information
What you’re working towards
A two-way ingredient-to-method coverage check and questions for the recipe owner, without improvising cooking instructions. This is an authored practice example; no consumer AI run has been recorded.
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Make a start
One step at a time.
2 steps
Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
01
Try the complete example
Open a new chat in a text AI assistant you already have permission to use. Paste all of Input from this guide, then the prompt below, in one message. Do not paste Output: that is the illustrative answer for comparison. Expect a written result that will find listed ingredients with no step and step ingredients missing from the list. Different wording is fine; the source facts and rules must agree. Check it yourself: All three list entries and all three method steps are accounted for. Raisins are listed but unused; 30 g chopped nuts appear in S2 but are unlisted. No substitution, cooking step or safety claim is invented. If a check fails, paste: “This part is wrong: [quote it]. My source says: [quote the exact line]. Return the complete corrected result and explain the change.” Recheck before saving; if the source itself is incomplete, keep that part unresolved.
Your starting prompt
Audit the full ingredient list against every numbered method step in both directions. Give each ingredient a step match or missing-use flag and each step ingredient a list match or missing-entry flag. Preserve quantities and ask source-linked author questions rather than fixing the recipe.
Use only the complete synthetic input pasted above. Return the finished written result. Keep missing facts unknown. Do not send, publish, order or change another service.
02
Use your own input
For your own version, open a new chat. Paste the prompt below after replacing every bracketed field. Replace related IDs, quantities, dates, rules and limits together; none of the practice facts carries over. Expect the same named deliverable using your source. Review it yourself: trace every ingredient into at least one method step and every ingredient mentioned in the method back to the list; keep optional ingredients explicit. If a check fails, paste: “This part is wrong: [quote it]. My source says: [quote the exact line]. Return the complete corrected result and explain the change.” Recheck before saving; if the source itself is incomplete, keep that part unresolved.
Your starting prompt
Check my complete ingredient list and numbered method in both directions. Preserve quantities, optional labels and author notes. Identify listed ingredients never used and method ingredients absent from the list, citing their IDs. Ask the author focused questions for mismatches. Do not invent substitutions, cooking, storage or dietary guidance.
MY INPUT
Full ingredient list with quantities: [replace with your own complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Complete numbered method: [replace with your own complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Author-approved notes: [replace with your own complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Use only MY INPUT for facts and constraints. Ask for an essential missing fact or conflicting rule before deciding; do not import practice-example names or numbers. Return the complete result plus unresolved questions and a source-based check list. Do not send, publish, buy, schedule or change another service.
Optional: improve the result
Keep optional ingredients explicit
Test a confirmed editorial change without silently changing the rest. This optional extension uses only the synthetic example. Return to the sample chat, or paste its full Input into a new chat first. Do not transfer the changed sample values to your own input.
Advanced prompt
For this synthetic draft only, the author now says: delete the nuts from S2 and replace S2 with “Stir in the raisins.” Return the amended ingredient-to-step coverage, preserving all listed quantities. State what this correction does not establish about preparing the recipe.
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This input is synthetic. The output is a written illustration of the intended result, not a verified AI-tool run.
01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
Synthetic practice input. All names, products, records and policies below are invented.
Untested recipe draft for a text-only completeness check, not instructions to prepare food.
Ingredient list:
I1: 200 g oats.
I2: 80 g raisins.
I3: 2 tablespoons syrup.
Complete supplied method:
S1: Mix the oats and syrup.
S2: Stir in 30 g chopped nuts.
S3: Divide the mixture into four bowls.
No optional ingredients, cooking instructions or author notes are supplied. Do not repair the recipe by guessing.
Copies text only. For image or file tasks, use the source files named in the steps too.
Illustrative answer authored for this guide; not a recorded AI response.
Ingredient-to-step coverage
I1, oats 200 g: used in S1; the step does not change the listed quantity.
I2, raisins 80 g: no supplied step uses them. Ask the author whether raisins belong in the recipe and, if so, in which step.
I3, syrup 2 tablespoons: used in S1; the step does not change the listed quantity.
Step-to-ingredient coverage
S1 mentions oats and syrup; both have list entries I1 and I3.
S2 mentions chopped nuts, 30 g; no ingredient-list entry exists. Ask the author whether to list the nuts or correct S2.
S3 introduces no additional ingredient. The four bowls describe division, not an ingredient.
Hold for clarification
The source does not say whether raisins and nuts are alternatives, both intended, or a drafting error. Do not substitute one for the other. Do not add cooking, storage, allergy or suitability instructions. This check establishes only text coverage, not a usable or safe recipe.
These checks use the worked example and its particular facts. With your own material, check your actual names, numbers, sources and rules; do not reuse the sample’s values as the answer.
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A few things to watch for.
An unused ingredient may be an omission or an obsolete line. Let the recipe author decide.
Text coverage cannot certify cooking safety or dietary suitability. Use a trusted, complete recipe before preparing food.