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rldiao/mealie-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects AI assistants to your Mealie recipe database through clients such as Claude Desktop.

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Install

uvx --from git+https://github.com/rldiao/mealie-mcp-server mealie-mcp-server

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/rldiao/mealie-mcp-server",
        "mealie-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_BASE_URL": "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>",
        "MEALIE_API_KEY": "<MEALIE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

MEALIE_BASE_URLMEALIE_API_KEYMCP_TRANSPORTMCP_HOSTMCP_PORT
GitHub stars
1
Author
@rldiao
Category
Health & Wellness, Home Automation & IoT
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Recipes: Create, read, update, import, duplicate, and delete recipes.

  • Search: Filter by text, categories, tags, and tools with AND/OR logic.

  • Images and assets: Upload recipe images and files, or set images from URLs.

  • Nutrition and display: Set per-serving nutrition and recipe visibility settings such as showAssets and showNutrition.

  • Ingredients: Resolve free-text ingredients against Mealie's food and unit vocabulary.

  • Shopping lists: Manage lists and items, perform bulk operations, and add recipe ingredients with quantity scaling.

  • Organization: Manage categories, tags, foods, units, and recipe tools; find unused categories and tags.

  • Meal planning: View, create, update, and delete meal plan entries, create multiple entries, and mark recipes as made today.

Tools (40)

  • get_recipe

    Get complete recipe details, or a summary with concise=true

  • create_recipe

    Create a recipe; only the name is required, with optional ingredients, instructions, metadata, nutrition, and display settings

  • import_recipe_from_url

    Import a recipe from a web page

  • update_recipe

    Update content or metadata, including nutrition and display settings; omitted fields are preserved, and empty lists clear content

  • duplicate_recipe

    Clone a recipe

  • mark_recipe_last_made

    Update last made timestamp

  • set_recipe_image_from_url

    Set image from URL

  • upload_recipe_image_file

    Upload image file

  • upload_recipe_asset_file

    Upload document/asset

  • update_recipe_categories_and_tags

    Replace or clear categories, tags, or both using IDs

  • delete_recipe

    Delete recipe

  • create_shopping_list

    Create new list

  • get_shopping_list

    Get list by ID

  • update_shopping_list

    Rename a list while preserving other fields

  • delete_shopping_list

    Delete list

  • add_recipe_to_shopping_list

    Add recipe ingredients

  • remove_recipe_from_shopping_list

    Remove recipe ingredients

  • get_shopping_list_item

    Get item by ID

  • create_shopping_list_item

    Create single item

  • create_shopping_list_items_bulk

    Create multiple items

  • update_shopping_list_item

    Update item (preserves fields)

  • update_shopping_list_items_bulk

    Update multiple items

  • delete_shopping_list_item

    Delete single item

  • delete_shopping_list_items_bulk

    Delete multiple items

  • get_empty_categories

    Find unused categories

  • create_category

    Create new category

  • get_category

    Get by exactly one of category_id or category_slug

  • update_category

    Update category

  • delete_category

    Delete category

  • get_empty_tags

    Find unused tags

  • create_tag

    Create new tag

  • get_tag

    Get by exactly one of tag_id or tag_slug

  • update_tag

    Update tag

  • delete_tag

    Delete tag

  • create_food

    Create a new food

  • get_food

    Get by ID

  • update_food

    Update food

  • delete_food

    Delete food

  • create_unit

    Create a new unit

  • get_unit

    Get by ID

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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Claude Desktop logo

Claude Desktop

Desktop · Freemium · Proprietary

Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

WindowsMacOS

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