Canteen Menu MCP App Server

An MCP App that displays today's canteen menu with interactive ordering and reaction features.

NOTE: This is a DEMO and not feature-complete. It's purpose is to show what you can do with MCP Apps.

Features

• Daily menu display - Shows dish of the day and green dish

• Food images - Visual preview of each dish

• Order takeaway - One-click ordering for takeaway

• Reactions - Give thumbs up 👍 or thumbs down 👎 to dishes

• Host theme integration - Adapts to light/dark mode

Related MCP server: mit-dining-mcp

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build and start
npm run start

The server runs at http://localhost:3002/mcp.

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canteen-menu": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "tsx",
        "/path/to/canteen-menu-server/main.ts",
        "--stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

Add to mcp.json:

{
	"servers": {
		"MCP-CanteenMenu": {
			"type": "stdio",
			"command": "npx",
			"args": [
				"tsx",
				"/path/to/canteen-menu-server/main.ts",
				"--stdio"
			]
		}
	},
	"inputs": []
}

Development

npm run dev

License

MIT