feat: weekly ingredient challenges (Iron Chef-style, collaborative) #115

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opened 2026-04-20 13:18:31 -07:00 by pyr0ball · 0 comments

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Concept

Weekly community ingredient challenges posted to the Kiwi community feed. Think Iron Chef Kitchen Stadium — but the point is to inspire creativity and share ideas, not compete. Low pressure, high fun.

How it works

Kiwi picks (or admin selects) a featured ingredient each week
Challenge post goes up in the community feed (and optionally to Fediverse/Lemmy via the ActivityPub module)
Users post their recipes using that ingredient
Optional: seasonal themes (e.g. spring alliums week, summer stone fruit, winter squash)

Seasonal themes

Could run alongside the weekly challenges — a broader month-long or seasonal theme that the weekly challenges nest inside. E.g. April = spring vegetables month, weekly spotlights on peas / asparagus / ramps / fiddleheads.

Implementation sketch

ChallengePost model in Kiwi community module (featured ingredient, theme, start/end dates, description)
Admin UI to schedule challenges (or auto-pick from seasonal calendar)
Community feed card: challenge banner at the top of the feed during the active window
Recipe submissions link back to the challenge
Optional: publish challenge post to Lemmy/Fediverse via circuitforge_core.activitypub.lemmy.LemmyClient

Notes

Language must be collaborative and low-stakes — no leaderboards, no winners (see feedback_kiwi_no_panic.md)
Seasonal calendar could be region-aware (Southern Hemisphere users get inverted seasons)
Could tie into the pantry scanner: if the featured ingredient is in your pantry, surface the challenge prominently

Future

When video generation lands (cf-orch video leaf), the Avocet animation test case is a seed-sorting animation — a Kiwi ingredient challenge animation would be a natural second test case

## Concept Weekly community ingredient challenges posted to the Kiwi community feed. Think Iron Chef Kitchen Stadium — but the point is to inspire creativity and share ideas, not compete. Low pressure, high fun. ## How it works - Kiwi picks (or admin selects) a **featured ingredient** each week - Challenge post goes up in the community feed (and optionally to Fediverse/Lemmy via the ActivityPub module) - Users post their recipes using that ingredient - Optional: seasonal themes (e.g. spring alliums week, summer stone fruit, winter squash) ## Seasonal themes Could run alongside the weekly challenges — a broader month-long or seasonal theme that the weekly challenges nest inside. E.g. April = spring vegetables month, weekly spotlights on peas / asparagus / ramps / fiddleheads. ## Implementation sketch - `ChallengePost` model in Kiwi community module (featured ingredient, theme, start/end dates, description) - Admin UI to schedule challenges (or auto-pick from seasonal calendar) - Community feed card: challenge banner at the top of the feed during the active window - Recipe submissions link back to the challenge - Optional: publish challenge post to Lemmy/Fediverse via `circuitforge_core.activitypub.lemmy.LemmyClient` ## Notes - Language must be collaborative and low-stakes — no leaderboards, no winners (see `feedback_kiwi_no_panic.md`) - Seasonal calendar could be region-aware (Southern Hemisphere users get inverted seasons) - Could tie into the pantry scanner: if the featured ingredient is in your pantry, surface the challenge prominently ## Future - When video generation lands (cf-orch video leaf), the Avocet animation test case is a seed-sorting animation — a Kiwi ingredient challenge animation would be a natural second test case