INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

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.

myplate.foodnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_recipe and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name or description suggests retrieving external content.

Parent server

myplate.food

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.

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