Bring! MCP Server

A small Model Context Protocol server for the Bring! shopping list API.

It exposes Bring! shopping lists to MCP clients such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any client that can launch a stdio MCP server.

Available tools

• get_lists — list all Bring! shopping lists and their UUIDs

• get_list — fetch one shopping list and show to-buy plus recently completed items

• add_item — add or update an item on a list

• remove_item — remove an item from a list

• complete_item — move an item to Recently Purchased (complete it in Bring!)

• batch_update — apply bulk operations (ADD, COMPLETE, or REMOVE) to multiple items

Available resources

• bring://lists — JSON index of every shopping list

• bring://lists/{listUuid} — JSON contents of a single list (purchase + recently sections)

Clients such as Claude Desktop expose these in their "attach resource" picker.

Available prompts

• meal_plan — plan a meal and stage missing ingredients on a target list

• weekly_groceries — draft a balanced weekly grocery list and stage it on a target list

Requirements

• Python 3.11+

• A Bring! account

• Environment variables for your Bring! login

Installation

git clone https://github.com/arithmetic-zz/bring-mcp-server.git
cd bring-mcp-server
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Set these environment variables:

export BRING_EMAIL="your@email.com"
export BRING_PASSWORD="your-password"

Or create a local .env file:

BRING_EMAIL=your@email.com
BRING_PASSWORD=your-password

.env is ignored by Git. Do not commit real Bring! credentials.

Run

python3 server.py

The server communicates over stdio, so it is normally launched by an MCP client instead of being run interactively.

Claude Desktop integration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bring": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/bring-mcp-server/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "BRING_EMAIL": "your@email.com",
        "BRING_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

If you use the virtual environment from the installation steps, set command to /path/to/bring-mcp-server/.venv/bin/python.

Development

python3 -m py_compile server.py
python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v

GitHub Actions runs the same compile and unit-test checks on Python 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13 for pushes and pull requests.

Notes

• The server keeps one authenticated Bring client per process and reuses the HTTP session.

• get_list follows the current bring-api response shape: active items are under purchase, completed/recent items under recently.

• save_item (used by add_item) is an upsert — adding an item that already exists updates it rather than creating a duplicate.

• complete_item moves items to the "Recently Purchased" list; it does not check items off in place.

• Known Bring/API/input errors are caught, logged, and translated into short user-facing messages.

License

MIT