MatMCP 🛒

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides AI assistants with tools to interact with Mathem.se, a Swedish online grocery store. Search for ingredients, add items to your basket, and manage recipes directly through your AI assistant.

Features

• Search Ingredients: Find products on Mathem.se by name or description

• Add to Basket: Add products directly to your Mathem.se shopping cart

• Recipe Management: List and fetch detailed recipe information

• Structured Data: Get clean, structured product and recipe data

Prerequisites

• macOS/Linux: This guide assumes macOS, but Linux instructions are similar

• Python 3.12+: Required for the project

• uv: Fast Python package manager

• Mathem.se Account: For adding items to basket functionality

Installation

1. Install uv (Python package manager)

brew install uv

2. Clone and setup the project

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd matmcp

3. Install dependencies

uv sync

4. Configure Mathem.se authentication (optional)

For basket functionality, you need to provide your Mathem.se session cookies:

1. Copy the example cookie file:

   cp cookie.txt.example cookie.txt

2. Get your session cookies from Mathem.se:

   • Open your browser and go to mathem.se

   • Log in to your account

   • Open Developer Tools (F12)

   • Go to the Network tab

   • Refresh the page

   • Find a request to mathem.se and copy the Cookie header value

   • Paste it into cookie.txt

   The format should look like:

   sessionid=your_session_id_here; csrftoken=your_csrf_token_here; other_cookies=value

Note: Without cookies, you can still search for ingredients, but adding to basket will not work.

Claude Desktop Integration

Add this MCP server to your Claude Desktop configuration:

1. Open Claude Desktop config

# macOS
open ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

# Linux
open ~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add the server configuration

Replace /YOUR/PATH/TO/matmcp with your actual project directory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mathem": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/YOUR/PATH/TO/matmcp",
        "run",
        "mathem.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new MCP server.

Usage

Once configured, you can ask Claude to:

• Search for ingredients: "Find organic tomatoes on Mathem"

• Add items to basket: "Add 2 packages of pasta to my Mathem basket"

• Get recipes: "Show me the available recipes"

• Recipe details: "Get the details for recipe number 1"

Available Tools

search_mathem_ingredients(query: str)

Search for products on Mathem.se

Example: Search for "organic milk"

add_to_mathem_basket(product_id: int, quantity: int = 1)

Add a product to your Mathem.se shopping basket

Requirements: Valid session cookies in cookie.txt

list_recipes()

List all available recipes from recipes.csv

get_recipe_by_index(index: int)

Get detailed recipe information by index

Development

Running tests

uv run pytest

Running the server directly

uv run mathem.py

Adding recipes

Edit recipes.csv to add new recipes with columns: id, title, url

License

This project is for educational and personal use. Please respect Mathem.se's terms of service when using this tool.