v0.19.0 — Pantry: tag what you used items for

Quick-pick chips (Family dinner, Dinner party, Taking on a trip, Meal
prep, Gave it away) in the Use dialog, alongside the existing freeform
notes field — picking one fills the note, no schema change needed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/components/pantry/use-item-dialog.tsx

@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Minus } from "lucide-react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogHeader, DialogTitle, DialogFooter } from "@/components/ui/dialog";
 import { Label } from "@/components/ui/label";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import type { PantryItem } from "./pantry-client";
 
+const QUICK_REASONS = ["Family dinner", "Dinner party", "Taking on a trip", "Meal prep", "Gave it away"];
+
 export function UseItemDialog({ item, onSuccess }: { item: PantryItem; onSuccess: () => void }) {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const [amount, setAmount] = useState("1");
   const [notes, setNotes] = useState("");
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [selectedReason, setSelectedReason] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const notesRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+
+  function pickReason(reason: string) {
+    if (selectedReason === reason) {
+      setSelectedReason(null);
+      setNotes("");
+    } else {
+      setSelectedReason(reason);
+      setNotes(reason);
+    }
+  }
 
   async function handleSubmit(e: React.FormEvent) {
     e.preventDefault();
@@ -28,6 +43,7 @@ export function UseItemDialog({ item, onSuccess }: { item: PantryItem; onSuccess
       setOpen(false);
       setAmount("1");
       setNotes("");
+      setSelectedReason(null);
       onSuccess();
     } catch (err) {
       setError(String(err).replace("Error: ", ""));
@@ -44,7 +60,7 @@ export function UseItemDialog({ item, onSuccess }: { item: PantryItem; onSuccess
         <Minus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
       </Button>
 
-      <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
+      <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={o => { setOpen(o); if (!o) { setSelectedReason(null); setNotes(""); } }}>
         <DialogContent className="max-w-sm">
           <DialogHeader>
             <DialogTitle>Use {item.name}</DialogTitle>
@@ -66,9 +82,32 @@ export function UseItemDialog({ item, onSuccess }: { item: PantryItem; onSuccess
                 required
               />
             </div>
-            <div className="space-y-1">
-              <Label>Notes (optional)</Label>
-              <input className={inputCls} value={notes} onChange={e => setNotes(e.target.value)} placeholder="e.g. used in chicken soup" />
+            <div className="space-y-1.5">
+              <Label>What's it for? (optional)</Label>
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+                {QUICK_REASONS.map(reason => (
+                  <button
+                    key={reason}
+                    type="button"
+                    onClick={() => pickReason(reason)}
+                    className={cn(
+                      "rounded-full border px-3 py-1 text-xs",
+                      selectedReason === reason
+                        ? "bg-primary text-primary-foreground border-primary"
+                        : "bg-background hover:bg-accent"
+                    )}
+                  >
+                    {reason}
+                  </button>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+              <input
+                ref={notesRef}
+                className={inputCls}
+                value={notes}
+                onChange={e => { setNotes(e.target.value); setSelectedReason(null); }}
+                placeholder="e.g. used in chicken soup, or pick a tag above"
+              />
             </div>
             {error && <p className="text-sm text-destructive">{error}</p>}
             <DialogFooter>

src/lib/changelog.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ export type ChangelogEntry = {
 };
 
 export const CHANGELOG: ChangelogEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.19.0",
+    date: "2026-06-29",
+    changes: [
+      "Pantry: when you use something, you can now tag why with one tap — Family dinner, Dinner party, Taking on a trip, Meal prep, Gave it away — or type your own note instead.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.18.1",
     date: "2026-06-29",

src/lib/version.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // Bump on every user-visible release. Changelog entries live in `src/lib/changelog.ts`.
-export const APP_VERSION = "0.18.1";
+export const APP_VERSION = "0.19.0";