Mealie MCP Server MCP Server

Name: Mealie MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.ni-c

io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp

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What is the Mealie MCP Server MCP server?

MCP server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner

How to install Mealie MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

MEALIE_URL
required
Base URL of the Mealie instance, e.g. https://mealie.example.com
MEALIE_API_TOKEN
required
secret
API token created in Mealie under Settings → API Tokens
MEALIE_READ_ONLY
Exactly 'true' registers only the 17 read tools
MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
Accept-Language header, e.g. de-DE; localises unit and label names
MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS
Exactly 'true' accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "<YOUR_MEALIE_URL>",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_MEALIE_API_TOKEN>",
        "MEALIE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MEALIE_READ_ONLY>",
        "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE>",
        "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "<YOUR_MEALIE_URL>",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_MEALIE_API_TOKEN>",
        "MEALIE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MEALIE_READ_ONLY>",
        "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE>",
        "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "<YOUR_MEALIE_URL>",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_MEALIE_API_TOKEN>",
        "MEALIE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MEALIE_READ_ONLY>",
        "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE>",
        "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "<YOUR_MEALIE_URL>",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_MEALIE_API_TOKEN>",
        "MEALIE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MEALIE_READ_ONLY>",
        "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE>",
        "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mealie-mcp --env MEALIE_URL=<YOUR_MEALIE_URL> --env MEALIE_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_MEALIE_API_TOKEN> --env MEALIE_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_MEALIE_READ_ONLY> --env MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE=<YOUR_MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE> --env MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS=<YOUR_MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS> -- npx -y @ni-c/mealie-mcp