About Groceries MCP Server
Groceries MCP Server provides product search and cart updates through grocery vendor APIs. It is for workflows that look up products and add a supplied list to a cart; the README shows credential setup for Rami Levy.
Key features
- 01Search products through vendor APIs
- 02Add listed items to a cart
- 03Return the updated cart
Use cases
- 01Look up products in a vendor catalog
- 02Create or update a cart from a grocery list
MCP support
The MCP server exposes product search and cart operations to clients, using vendor APIs to find products and add them to a cart.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEGroceries MCP Server
MCP Server for different Groceries vendor API, enabling searching groceries and cart update.
Features
- Automatic cart creation: add items to the cart based on a provided list
- Groceries lookup: lookup for groceries using vendor API
Tools
add_items_to_cart
- Add groceries to the basket.
- Inputs:
items(list[CartItemScheam]): items to add to the cart
- Returns: Updated cart
search- Lookup for item in the vendor
- Inputs:
item(string): Items to
- Returns: list of items corresponding to search term
Setup
Extract Environment Variables
Rami Levy
- log in to the Rami Levy site
- In developer tools (click on F12) and execute:
const state = JSON.parse(localStorage.ramilevy);
console.log({
"VENDOR_ACCOUNT_ID": state.authuser.user.id,
"VENDOR_API_KEY": state.authuser.user.token,
});
- Replace environment variables with the printed values
Local usage
- Update the
.envfile usingenv.template(requires Gemini) - Update the
grocery.txt - Run
make compile start_agent
Usage with Claude Desktop
To use this with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:
UV
{
"mcpServers": {
"groceries": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"mcp-groceries-server",
"--vendor",
vendorName # rami-levy, keshet e.g
],
"env":{
"VENDOR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>",
"VENDOR_ACCOUNT_ID": "<VENDOR_ACCOUNT_ID>"
}
}
}
}
Build
Docker build:
docker build -t mcp-groceries-server .
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
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