cp .env.example .env

pip install -e .
# stdio mode (for Claude Desktop):
MCP_TRANSPORT=stdio mealie-mcp
# sse/http mode (for docker-compose / remote clients):
MCP_TRANSPORT=sse MCP_PORT=8000 mealie-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie": {
      "command": "mealie-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "http://localhost:9011",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "paste-your-token-here",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mealie_mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MEALIE_URL": "http://localhost:9011",
        "MEALIE_API_TOKEN": "paste-your-token-here",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio"
      }
    }
  }
}

docker build -t mealie-mcp .
docker run --rm -p 8765:8000 \
  -e MEALIE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:9011 \
  -e MEALIE_API_TOKEN=your-token \
  mealie-mcp

services:
  mealie-mcp:
    build:
      context: ./mealie-mcp
    depends_on:
      - mealie
    environment:
      MEALIE_URL: "http://mealie:9000"
      MEALIE_API_TOKEN: "${MEALIE_API_TOKEN}"
      MCP_TRANSPORT: "sse"
      MCP_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
      MCP_PORT: "8000"
    ports:
      - "8765:8000"

curl -N http://localhost:8000/sse

mealie-mcp/
├── pyproject.toml
├── Dockerfile
├── docker-compose.snippet.yml
├── .env.example
├── README.md
└── src/mealie_mcp/
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── __main__.py        # CLI entry point (loads .env, dispatches transport)
    ├── server.py          # FastMCP server + tool definitions
    └── client.py          # Async httpx wrapper for the Mealie REST API