ChatGPT usda mcp server Resource/USDA Nutrient Reference
How to: ChatGPT usda mcp server USDA Nutrient Reference
Add usda mcp server to ChatGPT
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Open Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
https://usda.caseyjhand.com/mcp-
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Save the file and restart ChatGPT.
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USDA Nutrient Reference is surfaced wherever your client lets you attach context. It is context to attach, not an action to run.
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If it does not appear, check that usda mcp server is connected and that you are looking at its resources rather than its tools.
Custom connectors are a paid-plan feature and take a remote URL only. ChatGPT cannot run a packaged server locally. ChatGPT docs
Set these first
usda mcp server will not start until these are set, so it never reaches ChatGPT.
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USDA_FDC_API_KEY -
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Same resource, other clients
Read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling resources/list on 24 September 2026.
A listing does not declare its resources, so asking is the only way to know them, and this
is what the server actually offers rather than what its listing claims. Names only are
stored; connect the server for each resource's type and contents.