Productivity

myplate.food

Health and nutrition calculations including BMI, body fat, and calorie needs.

1 endpoint16 known toolsFirst detected July 25, 2026Last detected August 29, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: myplate-food-mcp
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools.listChanged

Server instructions

MyPlate.food exposes USDA-based nutrition calculators and the public-domain MyPlate Kitchen recipe collection as read-only tools. Use them to compute nutrition/fitness numbers and to find recipes; they do not store data or give medical advice. Units: numeric body inputs accept metric OR imperial. The profile calculators take height_cm/weight_kg (metric) or height_ft+height_in/weight_lb (imperial) — pass whichever set you have. The single-metric tools (calculate_body_metric, calculate_glp1_protein) take a `unit` flag: metric (cm/kg, the default) or imperial (in/lb). DRI edition: calculate_myplate_plan and calculate_dri accept `edition` = iom2005 (default) or nasem2023. iom2005 is the default on purpose — it is the equation set the public site shows — so only pass nasem2023 when a caller explicitly wants the National Academies' 2023 equations. Citations: every calculator result carries `source` (the formula + published reference), `canonical_url` (the matching myplate.food page) and, on health math, a `disclaimer`. Surface those when you present a number. Results are educational estimates from published equations, not medical advice; MyPlate.food is independent and not affiliated with the USDA. Choosing a tool: calculate_calorie_needs bundles BMR, TDEE, deficit tiers, macros, protein and ideal weight in one call — prefer it when you need several; use the standalone tools (calculate_tdee, calculate_calorie_deficit, calculate_bmr, calculate_macros, calculate_protein_target, calculate_ideal_weight) when you need just one number. calculate_body_metric multiplexes seven quick metrics via its `metric` field. The math is machine-verified against its published sources on every release: https://myplate.food/editorial-policy#how-the-math-is-verified

Known tools 16

calculate_bmi

Compute Body Mass Index and its weight classification from height and weight alone.

Inferred read-only

calculate_body_fat

Estimate body-fat % using the U.

Inferred read-only

calculate_body_metric

Run one of myplate.

Inferred read-only

calculate_myplate_plan

Estimate daily calorie needs (IOM Estimated Energy Requirement) and return the USDA MyPlate food-group plan at that level — cups of fruit/vegetables/dairy, ounce-equivalents of grains/protein, plus weekly vegetable & protein subgroup targets and BMI.

Inferred read-only

calculate_calorie_needs

Use this when you want the whole energy picture in one call.

Inferred read-only

calculate_bmr

Compute basal/resting metabolic rate — the calories your body burns at rest.

Inferred read-only

calculate_tdee

Use this when you need maintenance calories — the total daily energy expenditure.

Inferred read-only

calculate_calorie_deficit

Use this when someone wants a weight-loss calorie target.

Inferred read-only

calculate_macros

Split a daily calorie budget into protein, carbohydrate and fat grams across three presets (balanced, higher-protein, lower-carb), within the IOM acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges (protein 10–35%, carbs 45–65%, fat 20–35%).

Inferred read-only

calculate_protein_target

Daily protein target in grams from body weight and activity level: the IOM RDA floor (0.

Inferred read-only

calculate_ideal_weight

Estimate ideal body weight from height and sex via four classic clinical formulas (Devine 1974, Robinson 1983, Miller 1983, Hamwi 1964), plus the healthy-BMI (18.

Inferred read-only

calculate_glp1_protein

Protein target to preserve muscle during weight loss on a GLP-1 medication (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro): the 1.

Inferred read-only

calculate_dach_energy

Daily energy requirement for the German/Austrian/Swiss (D-A-CH) DGE framework: resting energy via the Müller et al.

Inferred read-only

calculate_dri

Return the full Dietary Reference Intakes table for a life stage — recommended intakes and tolerable upper limits for macronutrients, vitamins and minerals (IOM 2005/2006/2011, NASEM 2019), plus the Estimated Energy Requirement and BMI.

Inferred read-only

search_recipes

Search the ~1,072-recipe USDA MyPlate Kitchen collection (public domain).

Inferred read-only

get_recipe

Fetch one recipe by its slug: ingredients, directions, full USDA nutrition table, MyPlate food-group amounts, serving size, yield, rating, image and source attribution.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.myplate-food-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "myplate-food-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: myplate-food-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "myplate-food-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "myplate-food-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "myplate-food-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for myplate.food was fetched 2026-08-03T22:29:12.843Z and is being refreshed.

Trust status Neutral

myplate.food is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.