IIITH Mess MCP

MCP server for the IIIT Hyderabad Mess System. Lets LLMs check registrations, view menus, manage meals, and track billing — all conversationally.

Requires IIIT VPN or intranet access.

Examples of what you can ask

• "What am I eating today?"

• "Cancel all my Friday lunches"

• "Register me for dinner at Kadamba tomorrow"

• "What's on the menu tonight?"

• "Every week, register my favourite meals for the week"

• "Estimate the nutrition for tonight's dinner"

• "How much is my mess bill this month?"

Related MCP server: IIITH Mess MCP Server

Prerequisites

• An auth key from mess.iiit.ac.in (Settings > Auth Keys), or a session cookie

• uv

Adding to Claude Code

Via uv (recommended)

claude mcp add iiith-mess -e MESS_AUTH_KEY=your-auth-key -- uvx iiith-mess-mcp

Via local clone

git clone https://github.com/Kallind/IIITH-Mess-MCP
claude mcp add iiith-mess -e MESS_AUTH_KEY=your-auth-key -- uv run --directory IIITH-Mess-MCP python iiith_mess_mcp/server.py

Verify it connected:

claude mcp list

Adding to GitHub Copilot (VS Code)

Simplest way: Just ask Copilot to set it up by providing this repository URL.

Via uvx

Create or edit .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "iiith-mess": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["iiith-mess-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MESS_AUTH_KEY": "your-auth-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Via local clone

{
  "servers": {
    "iiith-mess": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/IIITH-Mess-MCP", "python", "iiith_mess_mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "MESS_AUTH_KEY": "your-auth-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Made with <3 at IIITH by Kallind Soni and Arihant Tripathy