Sous Chef MCP

Cook, save, and edit recipes from Cursor and other compatible MCP clients.

This repository is the public distribution package for the hosted Sous Chef MCP server. It contains connection manifests, documentation, and brand assets; the Sous Chef application and service source code are maintained separately.

Install in Cursor

Marketplace installation will be available after Cursor review. To test this package locally before then:

1. Clone this repository directly into Cursor's local plugin folder:

   git clone https://github.com/mysouschef/sous-chef-mcp.git \
     ~/.cursor/plugins/local/sous-chef

   It must be a real directory. Cursor refuses a symlink whose target sits outside ~/.cursor/plugins/local, and it does so silently — the rejection appears only in Cursor's plugin log, never in the UI.

2. Restart Cursor or run Developer: Reload Window.

3. Open Customize, confirm that Sous Chef appears under Plugins, and enable its MCP server. It appears under MCPs only once the plugin itself is enabled.

4. Ask Cursor to display a recipe. Sign in with Sous Chef when you first save a recipe or access your private library.

The package uses Cursor's static OAuth support with authorization code + PKCE. No client secret, API key, or manually copied access token is required.

Related MCP server: Private cookbook MCP

Saving is always explicit

Displaying a recipe does not save it. Sous Chef only adds a recipe to your private library after you explicitly ask to save it or use the recipe card's Save action. Conversational edits are validated and applied to a working session; they do not mutate the saved original recipe.

Supported tools

Sous Chef currently advertises exactly these ten MCP tools:

• health_check checks service availability.

• display_recipe validates and displays a recipe without saving it.

• list_my_recipes lists recipes in the signed-in user's private library.

• get_recipe opens one saved recipe.

• add_recipe explicitly saves a new recipe.

• update_recipe replaces a recipe only when explicitly requested.

• apply_recipe_patches validates and applies structured edits to a cooking session.

• revert_recipe_edit undoes the latest complete edit turn.

• set_measurement_system changes displayed measurements without rewriting ingredients.

• delete_recipe permanently deletes one recipe after host confirmation.

URL import and public recipe search are not exposed through this MCP package.

Cursor can render Sous Chef's interactive recipe card through MCP Apps. Every tool result also includes ordinary text and structured content, so recipes and actions remain readable in compatible hosts that do not render the card.

Data and network access

The manifests connect only to the hosted Sous Chef MCP endpoint:

• https://mcp.mysouschef.app/mcp — MCP requests and recipe operations.

That endpoint publishes OAuth metadata for Sous Chef's Auth0 tenant at https://dev-zil2o04swu7qnals.us.auth0.com, which handles sign-in and issues short-lived access tokens. Protected recipe operations are sent to the MCP endpoint with that token. The package does not include analytics, local executables, background scripts, client secrets, or access tokens.

Recipe content and account identifiers are processed to provide the requested recipe operation. Private-library actions require sign-in; anonymous recipe display does not persist a library row. See the live policies for retention, deletion, and third-party processing details:

• Privacy

• Terms

• Support

Product homepage: mysouschef.app

License

The MIT license in this repository applies only to this public distribution package. It does not grant a license to Sous Chef's private application, service, model prompts, or infrastructure source code.