ChatGPT usda mcp server usda_compare_foods
How to: ChatGPT usda mcp server usda_compare_foods
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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Ask for something usda_compare_foods does. ChatGPT lists the server's tools on connect and calls usda_compare_foods itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that usda mcp server's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
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 usda_compare_foods never becomes available.
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USDA_FDC_API_KEY -
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.