io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp

@ni-c/mealie-mcp

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

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No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 5d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

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io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp is an MCP server that MCP server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio and sse, requires no API key, and scores 61/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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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, sse · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie": {
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "https://mealie.example.com",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "…"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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A Model Context Protocol server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner.

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Is io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp safe to use?: io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp 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. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp?: io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp 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 AI clients work with io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp?: io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 5 days ago.

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{ "mcpServers": { "mealie": { "env": { "MEALIE_URL": "https://mealie.example.com", "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "…" }, "args": [ "-y", "@ni-c/mealie-mcp" ], "command": "npx" } } }

mealie-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner.

It gives a model a curated view of a Mealie instance: search and read recipes with their ingredients and steps, import new ones from a website, keep tags and categories tidy, plan meals, build shopping lists from those plans, and record what was actually cooked.

Mealie's REST API has 259 operations across 175 paths. This server exposes 52 tools, chosen so that the common tasks are one call and the dangerous surface is not reachable at all. Verified against Mealie v3.22.0; the source of truth for every request shape is the GET /openapi.json of a running instance, not the published documentation, which is out of date in several places.

Configuration

Variable

Required

Description

MEALIE_URL

yes

Base URL, e.g. https://mealie.example.com

MEALIE_API_TOKEN

yes

Token from Settings → API Tokens. It acts as the user who created it.

MEALIE_READ_ONLY

Exactly true registers the 17 read tools only

MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE

e.g. de-DE; localises unit and label names

MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS

Exactly true accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection

The two booleans are compared against the literal string true, so a typo leaves them off — check the startup line on stderr, which reports the mode in effect.

The token is removed from the process environment once it has been read, so child processes cannot pick it up out of /proc/<pid>/environ.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp safe to use?

io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp 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. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp?

io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp 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 AI clients work with io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp?

io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 5 days ago.

mealie-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner.

📖 Full documentation at mealie-mcp.ni-c.de

Requirements

Node.js 22 or newer
A Mealie instance and an API token from Settings → API Tokens

Configuration

Variable	Required	Description
`MEALIE_URL`	yes	Base URL, e.g. `https://mealie.example.com`
`MEALIE_API_TOKEN`	yes	Token from Settings → API Tokens. It acts as the user who created it.
`MEALIE_READ_ONLY`	no	Exactly `true` registers the 17 read tools only
`MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE`	no	e.g. `de-DE`; localises unit and label names
`MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS`	no	Exactly `true` accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection

The two booleans are compared against the literal string true, so a typo leaves them off — check the startup line on stderr, which reports the mode in effect.

The token is removed from the process environment once it has been read, so child processes cannot pick it up out of /proc/<pid>/environ.

Install

Claude Desktop, or any MCP client that takes a JSON config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/ni-c/mealie-mcp#readme)