The guide

How to use your Kitchen Assistant

Everything it does and how to do it. Starts with what it's actually for, then works down into every button, screen and phrase.

01

Save money on groceries

You stop paying twice for food you already own, and you stop shopping from memory.
  • No more third jar of cumin - you can see what's already in the cupboard before you're standing in the aisle.
  • The list is built from what actually ran out, not from a guess halfway round the shop.
  • Recipes are matched to food you've already paid for, so dinner doesn't need another trip.
  • The list splits by store, so the Costco things get bought at Costco.
stop buying it twice
02

Reduce food waste

The food you buy actually gets eaten, instead of quietly turning at the back of the fridge.
  • Trepo tracks how long things have been in and tells you what to eat first, by name.
  • You get warned before it turns - not when you find it.
  • Leftovers get logged in a second, so they stay visible instead of vanishing.
  • Recipes are built around what needs using up this week.
nothing goes in the bin
03

Clear the mental load

Nobody in the house has to hold the kitchen in their head any more.
  • No more "do we have eggs?" texts from the shop.
  • The shopping list writes itself while you're not thinking about it.
  • Everyone in the house sees the same kitchen, so it stops being one person's job.
  • Ask it "what can I make tonight?" and get an answer about your food, not food in general.
one less thing to remember
How it fits together

Two halves, one kitchen.

The device is for when you're standing up with your hands full. The app is for when you're sitting down, or out at the shop.

The Trepo device magnetised to a fridge door
On the fridge or the counter

The device

Magnetic onto the fridge door, or the countertop stand that comes in the box. Talk to it, hold food up to it, turn the dial. No phone needed for any of it.

The Trepo app showing the kitchen screen
In your pocket

The app

The whole kitchen, the shopping list, recipes and the receipt camera. Everyone in the house sees the same kitchen, so it stops being one person's job.

Part one

The device

Six things it does. All of them work without touching your phone.

1

Talk to it

For when your hands are full or covered in something. The fastest way to add to the list or take something out of the kitchen.

  1. Press and hold the face of the device.
  2. Say what you want in plain English - no wake word, no command syntax.
  3. Let go. The screen confirms what it heard and what it did.
“Add oat milk, coffee and bread to the list.”“Add ice cream to the Target list.”“Throw out the ground beef.”
Press and talk
2

Hold food up to check it in

For leftovers and anything that comes home without a receipt. Takeout containers, a tray of something you cooked, a bag from the corner shop.

  1. Hold the item up to the device, label or contents facing the camera.
  2. Hold still for a second while it reads it.
  3. It names the item and adds it to your kitchen. Screen shows Logged.
Leftovers, logged
Leftovers, logged
3

Take something out

The other half of check-in. When something is finished or has gone off, tell the device and it leaves your kitchen and lands on the shopping list.

  1. Hold up the empty container, or say “throw out the milk”.
  2. It comes out of your kitchen count.
  3. If it's something you buy regularly it goes straight onto the list - you don't have to add it.
Out of the kitchen, onto the list
4

Check what's in your food

Macros off a real plate, without weighing anything or typing it into a food diary.

  1. Hold the plate or the item up to the device.
  2. It estimates from what it can see - no barcode needed.
  3. You get calories, protein, carbs and fat for the portion in front of you.
Macros off a real plate
Macros off a real plate
5

Cook a recipe with the dial

The whole recipe start to finish without picking your phone up. Nothing to unlock, nothing that times out, wet and floury hands welcome.

  1. Pick a recipe in the app and send it to the device.
  2. Turn the dial clockwise to move to the next step.
  3. Turn it back to go back. The step stays on screen until you move it.
Turn to step through
Turn to step through
6

Ask it a question

Thyme knows what's actually in your kitchen, so the answers are about your food, not food in general.

  1. Press and hold, same as adding to the list.
  2. Ask your question out loud.
  3. It answers on screen, and out loud if you'd rather listen.
“What can I make for dinner tonight?”“What’s going off this week?”“Do I have enough for pancakes?”
Ask it out loud
Part two

The app

Where the kitchen lives, and where food gets in fastest.

7

Snap a receipt

The fastest way to check in a whole shop. One photo instead of scanning items one at a time.

  1. Open the app and tap the camera, then RECEIPT.
  2. Photograph the whole receipt, flat, in one shot.
  3. Trepo reads every line and stocks your kitchen. Check the list and confirm.
One photo, whole shop
One photo, whole shop
8

Snap your fridge

For getting started when you're already stocked, or catching up after a shop you forgot to log.

  1. Open the camera in the app and choose BULK.
  2. Point it at the open shelves and take the photo.
  3. It identifies what it can see and adds it in one go.
Point it at the shelves
Point it at the shelves
9

See your whole kitchen

The home screen. Everything in the house, counted, grouped by category - including the back of the pantry you never look at.

  1. Open the app - the kitchen is the first screen.
  2. Categories show a live count: leftovers, produce, dairy, meat.
  3. Tap any category to see the items inside it.
Counted, by category
Counted, by category
10

See what needs eating

The single most useful screen in the app. It tells you what to eat first, by name, before it turns.

  1. The shelf life banner sits at the top of your kitchen.
  2. It names the items that are closest to going off.
  3. Tap it to see them all, or ask the device “what’s going off this week?”
Eat these first
Eat these first
11

Get recipes from what you already have

Every recipe is checked against your kitchen - the ones Trepo suggests and the ones you saved off Instagram or TikTok.

  1. Open Recipes. Each card shows how many ingredients you already have.
  2. Anything missing has an Add to list button beside it.
  3. Send the recipe to the device when you're ready to cook it.
5 of 7 already in your kitchen
5 of 7 already in your kitchen
12

Use the shopping list

It builds itself. Things run out, they land on the list - you never sit down and write one.

  1. Open List. Items are grouped by store, then by aisle.
  2. Tick things off as you put them in the trolley.
  3. Anything you tick goes back into your kitchen automatically.
Sorted by store
Sorted by store
Cheat sheet

I want to…

The whole guide on one screen. Screenshot this bit.

Add something to the shopping list
Press and hold the device → “add oat milk to the list”
Add to a specific store's list
Press and hold → “add ice cream to the Target list”
Log leftovers
Hold the container up to the device until it reads Logged
Log a whole shop
App → camera → RECEIPT → one photo
Log a fridge you never checked in
App → camera → BULK → photo of the shelves
Throw something out
Hold the empty pack up, or say “throw out the milk”
Find out what's going off
Top of the kitchen screen, or ask “what’s going off this week?”
Work out dinner
App → Recipes, or ask “what can I make tonight?”
Cook hands-free
Send the recipe to the device, then turn the dial to step through
Check calories or protein
Hold the plate up to the device