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+# app/services/meal_plan/llm_planner.py
+# BSL 1.1 — LLM feature
+"""LLM-assisted full-week meal plan generation.
+
+Returns suggestions for human review — never writes to the DB directly.
+The API endpoint presents the suggestions and waits for user approval
+before calling store.upsert_slot().
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_PLAN_SYSTEM = """\
+You are a practical meal planning assistant. Given a pantry inventory and
+dietary preferences, suggest a week of dinners (or other configured meals).
+
+Prioritise ingredients that are expiring soon. Prefer variety across the week.
+Respect all dietary restrictions.
+
+Respond with a JSON array only — no prose, no markdown fences.
+Each item: {"day": 0-6, "meal_type": "dinner", "recipe_id": <int or null>, "suggestion": "<recipe name>"}
+
+day 0 = Monday, day 6 = Sunday.
+If you cannot match a known recipe_id, set recipe_id to null and provide a suggestion name.
+"""
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class PlanSuggestion:
+    day: int            # 0 = Monday
+    meal_type: str
+    recipe_id: int | None
+    suggestion: str     # human-readable name
+
+
+def generate_plan(
+    pantry_items: list[str],
+    meal_types: list[str],
+    dietary_notes: str,
+    router,
+) -> list[PlanSuggestion]:
+    """Return a list of PlanSuggestion for user review.
+
+    Never writes to DB — caller must upsert slots after user approves.
+    Returns an empty list if router is None or response is unparseable.
+    """
+    if router is None:
+        return []
+
+    pantry_text = "\n".join(f"- {item}" for item in pantry_items[:50])
+    meal_text = ", ".join(meal_types)
+    user_msg = (
+        f"Meal types: {meal_text}\n"
+        f"Dietary notes: {dietary_notes or 'none'}\n\n"
+        f"Pantry (partial):\n{pantry_text}"
+    )
+
+    try:
+        response = router.complete(
+            system=_PLAN_SYSTEM,
+            user=user_msg,
+            max_tokens=512,
+            temperature=0.7,
+        )
+        items = json.loads(response.strip())
+        suggestions = []
+        for item in items:
+            if not isinstance(item, dict):
+                continue
+            day = item.get("day")
+            meal_type = item.get("meal_type", "dinner")
+            if not isinstance(day, int) or day < 0 or day > 6:
+                continue
+            suggestions.append(PlanSuggestion(
+                day=day,
+                meal_type=meal_type,
+                recipe_id=item.get("recipe_id"),
+                suggestion=str(item.get("suggestion", "")),
+            ))
+        return suggestions
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.debug("LLM plan generation failed: %s", exc)
+        return []