Exposes Mealie APIs so agents can access a Mealie recipe database.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add mealie --env MEALIE_API_KEY='<MEALIE_API_KEY>' --env MEALIE_BASE_URL='<MEALIE_BASE_URL>' -- uv --directory /path/to/repo/src run server.py~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mealie]
command = "uv"
args = ["--directory", "/path/to/repo/src", "run", "server.py"]
env = { MEALIE_API_KEY = "<MEALIE_API_KEY>", MEALIE_BASE_URL = "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>" }
# codex mcp add mealie --env MEALIE_API_KEY='<MEALIE_API_KEY>' --env MEALIE_BASE_URL='<MEALIE_BASE_URL>' -- uv --directory /path/to/repo/src run server.py~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mealie": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/repo/src",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {
"MEALIE_API_KEY": "<MEALIE_API_KEY>",
"MEALIE_BASE_URL": "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"mealie": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/repo/src",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {
"MEALIE_API_KEY": "<MEALIE_API_KEY>",
"MEALIE_BASE_URL": "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mealie": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/repo/src",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {
"MEALIE_API_KEY": "<MEALIE_API_KEY>",
"MEALIE_BASE_URL": "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mealie": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/repo/src",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {
"MEALIE_API_KEY": "<MEALIE_API_KEY>",
"MEALIE_BASE_URL": "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mealie": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/repo/src",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {
"MEALIE_API_KEY": "<MEALIE_API_KEY>",
"MEALIE_BASE_URL": "<MEALIE_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
MEALIE_API_KEYMEALIE_BASE_URL
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.