Is Mit Dining MCP Server safe to use?

Mit Dining MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install Mit Dining MCP Server?

Mit Dining MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Mit Dining MCP Server do?

Mit Dining MCP Server provides 4 tools: get_todays_menus, get_hall_menu, get_weekly_menus, filter_menus_by_diet. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Mit Dining MCP Server?

Mit Dining MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Mit Dining MCP Server actively maintained?

Mit Dining MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 65 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.

Mit Dining MCP Server

mit-dining-mcp

Real-time MIT dining hall menus with dietary filtering across all 6 halls

2 11/wk 4 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

No license

Maintained

Last commit 65d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

4 tools · ~347 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-hongnoul-mit-dining": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mit-dining-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Mit Dining MCP Server does

An MCP server that provides real-time MIT dining hall menus from all 6 Bon Appétit locations. Ask Claude what's for dinner, filter by dietary needs, plan your meals for the week, or whether if the menus are mid.

Test This Server

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mit Dining MCP Server safe to use?: Mit Dining MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Mit Dining MCP Server?: Mit Dining MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Mit Dining MCP Server do?: Mit Dining MCP Server provides 4 tools: get_todays_menus, get_hall_menu, get_weekly_menus, filter_menus_by_diet. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Mit Dining MCP Server?: Mit Dining MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Mit Dining MCP Server actively maintained?: Mit Dining MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 65 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-hongnoul-mit-dining": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mit-dining-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Mit Dining MCP Server does

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y 'mit-dining-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

mit-dining-mcp

Install

Pick whichever runtime you have:

Bun

claude mcp add mit-dining -- bunx mit-dining-mcp

Node.js

claude mcp add mit-dining -- npx mit-dining-mcp

Deno

claude mcp add mit-dining -- deno run -A npm:mit-dining-mcp

From source

git clone https://github.com/hongnoul/mit-dining-mcp.git
cd mit-dining-mcp
npm install  # or bun install
claude mcp add mit-dining -- npx tsx src/index.ts

Tools

Tool	Description	Example prompt
`get_todays_menus`	All 6 halls, today's menus	"What's for dinner at MIT tonight?"
`get_hall_menu`	Single hall, optional date	"What's on the menu at Maseeh tomorrow?"
`get_weekly_menus`	7-day lookahead for one hall	"What's the menu at Simmons this week?"
`filter_menus_by_diet`	Filter by dietary preference	"Find vegan options at Next House"

Parameters

get_hall_menu

hall (required): baker, maseeh, mccormick, new-vassar, next-house, simmons
date (optional): YYYY-MM-DD format

get_weekly_menus

hall (required): same as above

filter_menus_by_diet

diet (required): vegetarian, vegan, halal, kosher, gluten-free
hall (optional): limit to one hall
date (optional): YYYY-MM-DD format

Dining halls

Key	Name
`baker`	Baker Dining
`maseeh`	The Howard Dining Hall at Maseeh
`mccormick`	McCormick Dining
`new-vassar`	New Vassar Dining
`next-house`	Next Dining
`simmons`	Simmons Dining

Examples

Discord Bot

A ready-to-run Discord bot with /dinner, /menu, and /diet slash commands. See examples/discord-bot for setup instructions.

iOS Shortcut

A tiny HTTP server that returns Siri-friendly plain text. Point an iOS Shortcut at it to ask "Hey Siri, what's for dinner at MIT?" See examples/ios-shortcut.

Google Calendar Sync

A script that creates calendar events for each meal period with the full menu in the description. Run it on a cron to keep your week synced. See examples/gcal-sync.

How it works

MIT's dining is run by Bon Appétit, whose website embeds structured menu data (Bamco.menu_items and Bamco.dayparts) as JSON in <script> tags. This server scrapes and parses that data — no API key needed.

Menus are cached in-memory for 1 hour to avoid repeated requests.

Requirements

One of:

Node.js 18+
Bun
Deno 2+

License

MIT

Loading README…

Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

82/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−18

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked mit-dining-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (4)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~347 tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mit Dining MCP Server safe to use?: Mit Dining MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Mit Dining MCP Server?: Mit Dining MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Mit Dining MCP Server do?: Mit Dining MCP Server provides 4 tools: get_todays_menus, get_hall_menu, get_weekly_menus, filter_menus_by_diet. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Mit Dining MCP Server?: Mit Dining MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Mit Dining MCP Server actively maintained?: Mit Dining MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 65 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.

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Discussion

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