doordash-oss/doordash-cli/dd-lunch-autopilot

Lunch (or dinner) on autopilot

Use this skill when someone asks their agent to run their own recurring meal order — e.g.:

"Set up an automation to order lunch for me to the office every

Monday-Thursday. Look at my past orders and rotate through my favorites,

and throw in some new ideas of things I might like based on what I've

ordered. Send me a preview of what you're going to order for me everyday

by 11am on Slack. If I don't respond by 11:30am, order my go-to chicken

caesar wrap as a backup option. Optimize the delivery time for when I have

a free window between 12pm-1:30pm. Use my daily meal budget of $25."

This is a personal automation: one DoorDash identity, one recurring job (a cron / scheduled agent run), no group cart involved.

Prerequisites

• The customer has run dd-cli login once (or, for a scheduled/headless

runner, exported a token via dd-cli export-token into DD_CLI_ACCESS_TOKEN on the machine that runs the automation).

• You (the agent) have a way to run on a schedule (cron, a scheduled agent

run, a workflow trigger) — this skill is the ordering logic for each run, not the scheduler itself.

Per-run flow

Each time the automation fires (e.g. weekday mornings):

1. Build the candidate list from history + one new idea

dd-cli order history --max 50 --days 90 --intent "..."

• Filter to restaurant orders (fulfillment_type /

order_target=ORDER_TARGET_RESTAURANT) that were reorderable (is_reorderable: true).

• Pick from the rotation of past favorites. To keep it fresh, occasionally

substitute a genuinely new pick: run dd-cli search -q "<cuisine near favorites>" --address-id <office_address_id> --dashpass-only --intent "..." and pick something plausible based on the customer 's past cuisine preferences — don't invent a random restaurant.

• Resolve the office delivery address once via

dd-cli --json-output address list --intent "..." and reuse its address_id (label "Work" / "Office") for every search and order.

2. Build the cart

• For a repeat favorite: `dd-cli order reorder --order-uuid <past_order_uuid>

--intent "..."` creates a new cart pre-filled with the same items — this is the fast path and preserves modifiers exactly.

• For a new pick: dd-cli menu --store-id <id> --intent "..." then

dd-cli cart add-items --store-id <id> --menu-id <id> --items-json '[...]' --intent "...".

• Always check for an existing open cart at that store first

(dd-cli cart list --store-id <id>) so a retry of the same run doesn't double a cart.

3. Price it and check the budget

dd-cli order preview --cart-uuid <id> --intent "..."

• If a meal credit / company budget applies ("use my daily meal budget of

$25" is exactly the work-benefits trigger phrase), pass --include-work-benefits on preview. Read quote.expense_order_options.all_eligible_expense_order_budgets[] and pick the one matching the stated budget; you'll pass its id as --budget-id on submit (with the matching --team-id from quote.company_payment_info.team_order_info.team_id).

• If the total (with fees/tip) would exceed the stated cap and there's no

work-benefit budget covering it, drop back to a cheaper item on the same cart or swap to a cheaper favorite before previewing again. Don't submit over budget silently.

• Compute a tip. order preview's tips_suggestion_details is the

suggested-amount source when it's present.

4. Send the preview and wait for a response deadline

Post the picked item + price + restaurant to the customer's stated channel (Slack, etc. — use whatever messaging skill/tool your agent has for that; not covered by dd-cli) by the stated time (e.g. 11:00am). Hold the cart — do not submit yet.

Wait until the stated deadline (e.g. 11:30am):

• Customer approves / says nothing changes needed: proceed to step 5

with the previewed cart.

• Customer requests a swap: re-run steps 2-3 with the new pick.
• No response by the deadline: fall back to the stated default (e.g.

"chicken caesar wrap"). Find it via order history (search past orders' items[].name for the fallback dish) and order reorder that order, or cart add-items it fresh if it's not in history. Preview it before submitting either way — never submit unpriced.

5. Time the delivery to the free calendar window

If a calendar tool is available, find the free window inside the stated range (e.g. 12:00-1:30pm) and pass it as the scheduled delivery time:

dd-cli order preview --cart-uuid <id> --scheduled-time 2026-04-21T19:00:00Z --intent "..."

--scheduled-time needs a UTC-suffixed ISO 8601 timestamp — convert the customer's local free-window start time to UTC first. Pass the same --scheduled-time to order submit afterward; preview pricing is only valid for the slot it was computed for.

6. Submit

dd-cli order submit --cart-uuid <id> --tip-cents <n> --scheduled-time <ts> \
  --budget-id <id> --team-id <id> --yes --intent "..."

(Omit --budget-id/--team-id for the no-work-benefits case; omit --scheduled-time for ASAP.) --yes is required for a non-interactive/agent run — without it, submit will hang waiting for a TTY confirmation.

Because this flow runs unattended, the human approval step is the Slack preview/deadline in step 4, not an interactive prompt at submit time — don't skip step 4 to "save time."

7. Confirm and report back

dd-cli order status --order-uuid <order_uuid> --intent "..."

Poll every ~15 seconds until placed, then report the confirmed order (store, items, ETA) back to the customer's channel. Don't report success right after submit returns — that only means the order was accepted into processing, not that payment/placement finished.

Common pitfalls

• Don't re-run `order submit` on retry. If a run fails partway and you

retry, check dd-cli order history / order status first — submit has no idempotency and a duplicate call places a second, separately-charged order.

• Respect the stated budget as a hard cap, not a target — if the tip +

fees push a $24 subtotal over $25, either lower the tip suggestion offered to the customer or pick a cheaper item; don't silently submit over cap.

• The office address must resolve to a real saved address. If

address list has no "Work"/"Office" labeled entry, ask the customer once to save it (dd-cli address add) rather than guessing coordinates.