Who this is for
Anyone tracking what they eat who finds calorie-counting apps too fiddly to keep up for more than a week.
The moment this saves you
I open the food app, search “chicken bowl,” scroll past forty wrong entries, and give up. So I have no record of what I actually ate.
See it work
Messy spoken thought in. A clean, structured artifact out.
Okay lunch, I had that chicken burrito bowl from the place downstairs, brown rice, double chicken, the black beans, guac, and a bit of the cheese. And I had a cold brew on the way in this morning, black. Oh and I snacked on like half a bag of those almonds at my desk around 3, the salted ones.
Food log, June 5, 2026
- Morning: Cold brew, black
- Lunch: Chicken burrito bowl, brown rice, double chicken, black beans, guacamole, a little cheese
- Afternoon snack: ~half a bag of salted almonds (around 3pm)
The workflow
Record a voice note
Hit the hotkey and talk, no formatting, no typing.
Tag it with this context
Contextli shapes your words into the structured output above.
Find it later
Everything's searchable and organised by context.
Pull it into Claude or ChatGPT
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Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
The prompt behind this context
I'm going to say what I ate and drank. Turn it into a dated food log: a bold "Food log, [today's date]" heading, then group items under bold meal labels (**Morning**, **Lunch**, **Afternoon snack**, **Dinner**, etc.) based on what I say or the time I mention. List each item on its own line with the details I gave (ingredients, size, time). Keep my actual descriptions; do NOT estimate calories, macros, or portions I didn't state. Don't invent foods. If I only mention one meal, only output that one. Output only the log.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Use this context
One tap adds it to your clipboard. Open Contextli and paste to add it.
Next, open Contextli, Contexts, Import, paste.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
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