Mealie MCP Server for VS Code
io.github.ni-c/mealie-mcp
MCP server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Mealie MCP Server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-url",
"description": "MEALIE_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-api-token",
"description": "MEALIE_API_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-read-only",
"description": "MEALIE_READ_ONLY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-accept-language",
"description": "MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-insecure-tls",
"description": "MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-allow-tools",
"description": "MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mealie-deny-tools",
"description": "MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mealie-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MEALIE_URL": "${input:mealie-url}",
"MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "${input:mealie-api-token}",
"MEALIE_READ_ONLY": "${input:mealie-read-only}",
"MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "${input:mealie-accept-language}",
"MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS": "${input:mealie-insecure-tls}",
"MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS": "${input:mealie-allow-tools}",
"MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS": "${input:mealie-deny-tools}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs