The Monday Stack - July 21

Agentic AI is here and food creators need to pay attention.

Agentic AI Is Here and It Changes Everything.

When OpenAI quietly dropped its new agentic AI framework, it didn’t just signal the next evolution of ChatGPT; it introduced a new content economy.

These agents don’t just suggest what to do. They take action: planning meals, filling shopping carts, organizing schedules, even sending emails. And they can’t do any of it without structured, machine-readable content.

That’s where you come in.

This issue of The Monday Stack is a deep dive into what these changes mean for food creators, recipe platforms, and content teams. If you publish recipe content or build tools that depend on it, you need to understand what’s coming and how to prepare.

The last free issue struck a nerve. This time, I'm giving you a little more upfront, but the full strategic breakdown is still reserved for paid subscribers.

If you want to be ahead of the shift (not catching up to it), keep reading.

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What Are OpenAI Agents?

Last week, OpenAI announced agents: software assistants that can take action on your behalf, not just answer questions.

These agents can:

→ Use tools like calendars, spreadsheets, APIs
→ Remember preferences over time
→ Complete multi-step tasks
→ Interact across apps, including external platforms

This isn’t a smarter chatbot.
It’s a personal operating system and it runs on structured content.

Agents won’t just summarize your blog post.
They’ll plan someone’s meals, shop the ingredients, and email the calendar invites—if your content is structured enough to support those actions.

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Why This Matters for Food Creators

Whether you create recipes, run a database, license content, or build meal-planning tools:

→ Content that isn’t structured won’t be visible
→ Content that isn’t scannable won’t be usable
→ Content that isn’t interoperable won’t be valuable

This shift doesn’t just impact traffic.
It determines which content powers the next wave of tools and which gets skipped over.

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A Day in 2027: What This Could Look Like

Let’s fast-forward to early 2027.

Renée, a working mom in Phoenix, is planning dinners for the week. She opens her phone and says to her assistant:

“Plan four gluten-free dinners under 30 minutes. I already have rice, chicken, and spinach. Kids don’t want anything spicy.”

Here’s what her agent does:

→ Pulls recipes from blogs she’s used before
→ Filters based on dietary tags and ingredients
→ Adjusts servings to match family size
→ Creates a shopping list for what’s missing
→ Loads the list into Instacart and schedules delivery
→ Drops meal times and links into her shared family calendar

Renée doesn’t know what schema is.
But the recipe creator who formatted their content properly?
They’re now part of her household routine and earning affiliate revenue

Renee’s recipes are already agent-ready. The Monday Stack is her secret weapon for staying ahead.

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Structured Content Is the New Standard

In Agentic AI and the Cooking Shift article on the Blueberri website, we asked:

What if recipes didn’t just sit on a pagebut activated systems around them?

This is that moment.

Agents won’t read a 500-word paragraph and “figure it out.”
They need structure.

Here’s what structured content means:

→ Clean ingredient lists with quantities, units, and tags
→ Steps that are split into clear, scannable formats
→ Metadata for cuisine, dietary type, prep time, and more
→ Links to tools or products that can be surfaced or purchased

The more structured your content, the more usable it becomes.
Not just to readers, but to agents and the platforms they work inside.

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