Mealie MCP Server

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

What does this entry provide?

Mealie MCP Server is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 76/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding Mealie MCP Server to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 76/100
Install method: npm
Repo: ni-c/mealie-mcp
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026

Install command

npx -y @ni-c/mealie-mcp@0.6.0

Install method: npm

Review the upstream source before running this command.

GitHub project Homepage

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 7, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-07T09:11:23.833305Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-07T09:11:23.833305Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-07T09:11:23.833305Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp",
    "title": "Mealie MCP Server",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.6.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "0.6.0",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "@ni-c/mealie-mcp",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_URL",
            "format": "string",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Base URL of the Mealie instance, e.g. https://mealie.example.com"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_API_TOKEN",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "API token created in Mealie under Settings → API Tokens"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_READ_ONLY",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Exactly 'true' registers only the 18 read tools"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Accept-Language header, e.g. de-DE; localises unit and label names"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Exactly 'true' accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS left"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "ghcr.io/ni-c/mealie-mcp:0.6.0",
        "registryType": "oci",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_URL",
            "format": "string",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Base URL of the Mealie instance, e.g. https://mealie.example.com"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_API_TOKEN",
            "format": "string",
            "isSecret": true,
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "API token created in Mealie under Settings → API Tokens"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_READ_ONLY",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Exactly 'true' registers only the 18 read tools"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Accept-Language header, e.g. de-DE; localises unit and label names"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Exactly 'true' accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)"
          },
          {
            "name": "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS left"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/ni-c/mealie-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://mealie-mcp.ni-c.de",
    "description": "MCP server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner"
  }
}

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