About MCP Recipes Server
MCP Recipes Server exposes recipe-query tools through MCP. It supports searching recipes by name, ingredients, cuisine, or ID.
Key features
- 01Search recipes by name
- 02Search by ingredients
- 03Search by cuisine
- 04Look up recipes by ID
Use cases
- 01Finding recipes that use available ingredients
- 02Browsing recipes from a particular cuisine
- 03Retrieving a known recipe by ID
MCP support
The server exposes tools that let MCP clients query recipes by name, ingredients, cuisine, or ID.
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 READMEMCP Recipes Server
A server that exposes tools to query recipes using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Features
- Query recipes by name, ingredients, cuisine, or ID
Installation
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd mcp-recipes
# Install dependencies
yarn install
Usage
Starting the server
# Development mode
yarn dev
# Production mode
yarn build
yarn start
The server will start on port 3000 by default. You can change this by setting the PORT environment variable.
Running the client example
# Make sure the server is running in another terminal
yarn client
License
MIT
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