I built Magnus AI, a voice assistant that helps my friend Vashkar plan meals around his allergies

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend My friend Vashkar Ghosh has to plan his meals around his allergies. That means reading labels, double-checking ingredients and searching for safe options, again and again. So I built him Magnus AI, a voice-first assistant for Windows. Instead of typing and searching, he can just say what he needs. He tells Magnus what he can't eat, and Magnus suggests meals that avoid those ingredients and keeps his preferences saved for next time.

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