diff --git a/recipes/demos/gears/recipe.sh b/recipes/demos/gears/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b43a70fe..00000000
--- a/recipes/demos/gears/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(liborbital llvm18 mesa mesa-glu zlib)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    printf "1.0.0"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_prepare {
-    rm -rf source
-    mkdir source
-    cp gears.c source
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    set -x
-    "${CXX}" -O2 -I "$sysroot/include" -L "$sysroot/lib" gears.c -o gears -static -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs glu) -lz
-    set +x
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/bin"
-    cp -v "gears" "$dest/bin/gears"
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/demos/gears/recipe.toml b/recipes/demos/gears/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d74ce80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/demos/gears/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[build]
+dependencies=[
+    "liborbital",
+    "llvm18",
+    "mesa",
+    "mesa-glu",
+    "zlib",
+]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+set -x
+"${CXX}" -O2 -I "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include" -L "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib" "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/gears.c" -o gears -static -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs glu) -lz
+set +x
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
+cp -v "gears" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/gears"
+"""
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