Click-to-Care: How Agentic AI Helps You Support Your Local Food Pantry When It Matters Most

This pantry tag inspired a tech-powered way to help

Right now, families are feeling the impact of the latest SNAP disruptions. Their safety net is gone, and many local food pantries are being pushed to the brink. The need isn’t abstract: it’s real, personal, and urgent.

That door hanger from the Northborough Food Pantry caught my eye. It listed simple things: canned proteins, vegetables, snacks, broths. It was time-bound, so I decided to see what technology could do, starting with a curiosity prompt:

The first prompt that started it all

Using agentic AI via the Comet browser’s assistant, I uploaded a photo of the list. The tool read it instantly, checked my budget, and filled a Walmart cart with exactly what the pantry requested. It found cost-effective items, avoided duplicates, and made sure every choice counted. When I checked the cart, there were 64 groceries for under $100 I had set as a limit. Set your own giving limit and choose the online grocery store that fits your preferences.

Here’s all it took:

- Snap a photo of the pantry’s wish list

- Send it to the Comet or any agentic browser’s AI assistant

- Enter your budget

- Review and pay—your pantry delivery is ready for pickup or delivery

Screenshot of my cart from within the agentic AI browser window.

You even have flexible options at checkout. If you prefer to maximize your couch time, you can have your cart delivered straight to the food pantry or your own doorstep. Personally, I’m opting for store pickup or home delivery—this way, the local scouts can swing by, collect the goods, and enjoy the satisfaction of making the final delivery themselves.

With SNAP on pause, your local food pantry isn’t asking for pity. They need groceries. The good news? Helping now takes just minutes using just your fingertips.

Let’s not wait for someone else or another policy fix. All it takes is a photo, a few clicks, and the willingness to care. Now is the time to step up—our neighbors are counting on us.

Here is a link to a video of the screen recording as I went through the steps.

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Full disclosure: I have no ties to Walmart or Perplexity or the Comet browser—just a friendly neighborhood AI tinkerer on a quest to turn curiosity into community impact. If you’d like to take Comet for a spin, here’s the official link: www.perplexity.ai/comet