try

foodie_utils.py

@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ def generate_image_query(title, summary):
 
 def smart_image_and_filter(title, summary):
     try:
+        logging.info(f"Processing title: raw_title='{title}', summary='{summary[:100]}...'")
         content = f"{title}\n\n{summary}"
         
         prompt = (
@@ -375,15 +376,18 @@ def smart_image_and_filter(title, summary):
             max_tokens=100
         )
         raw_result = response.choices[0].message.content.strip()
-        logging.debug(f"Raw GPT smart image/filter response: '{raw_result}'")
+        logging.debug(f"Raw GPT response: '{raw_result}'")
         
         cleaned_result = re.sub(r'```json\s*|\s*```', '', raw_result).strip()
         fixed_result = re.sub(r"(?<!\\)'(?=\s*[\w\s]*\])|(?<=\[|\{|\s)'|'(?=\s*[\]\},:])|(?<=\w)'(?=\s*:)", '"', cleaned_result)
         
         try:
             result = json.loads(fixed_result)
-        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            if not isinstance(result, dict) or "image_query" not in result or "relevance" not in result or "action" not in result:
-            logging.warning(f"JSON parsing failed: {e}, raw: '{fixed_result}'. Using fallback.")
+                logging.warning(f"Invalid GPT response format: {result}, checking action before fallback")
+                if isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("action") == "SKIP":
+                    logging.info(f"Respecting AI SKIP action for '{title}'")
+                    return extract_main_topic(title.lower() + " " + summary.lower()), ["food"], "food", True
                 main_topic = extract_main_topic(title.lower() + " " + summary.lower())
                 skip_flag = (
                     "homemade" in title.lower() or 
@@ -395,9 +399,8 @@ def smart_image_and_filter(title, summary):
                              f"homemade_in_summary={'homemade' in summary.lower()}, "
                              f"recipe_keywords={any(kw in title.lower() or kw in summary.lower() for kw in RECIPE_KEYWORDS)}")
                 return main_topic, [main_topic, "food"], main_topic, skip_flag
-        
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        if not isinstance(result, dict) or "image_query" not in result or "relevance" not in result or "action" not in result:
+            logging.warning(f"JSON parsing failed: {e}, raw: '{fixed_result}'. Using fallback.")
-            logging.warning(f"Invalid GPT response format: {result}, using fallback")
             main_topic = extract_main_topic(title.lower() + " " + summary.lower())
             skip_flag = (
                 "homemade" in title.lower() or