Mealie MCP Server

An MCP server that provides a curated, safe interface to the Mealie self-hosted recipe manager. It exposes 54 tools for searching, reading, and importing recipes, planning meals, and managing shopping lists while restricting dangerous operations like admin routes or token minting. It supports read-only modes and requires human elicitation for irreversible actions.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Willi Thiel

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What you can do with it

Search and read recipes from a Mealie instance
Import new recipes from URLs
Plan meals and manage cookbooks
Build and manage shopping lists

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.6.0

mcp-registry: io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp@0.6.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@ni-c/mealie-mcp 0.6.0

npm

@ni-c/mealie-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "0.6.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@ni-c/mealie-mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Base URL of the Mealie instance, e.g. https://mealie.example.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_API_TOKEN",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "API token created in Mealie under Settings → API Tokens"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_READ_ONLY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Exactly 'true' registers only the 18 read tools"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Accept-Language header, e.g. de-DE; localises unit and label names"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Exactly 'true' accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS left"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp@0.6.0"
      ],
      "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>",
        "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
        "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp@0.6.0"
      ],
      "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>",
        "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
        "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "mealie-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp@0.6.0"
      ],
      "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>",
        "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
        "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp@0.6.0"
      ],
      "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>",
        "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
        "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS": "<YOUR_MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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