Generate and remix recipes using cookwith.co
Connect Recipe to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Generate and remix recipes using cookwith.co. The recipe mcp server is what makes that connection.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides AI-powered recipe generation and transformation tools. Generate personalized recipes based on dietary preferences, transform existing recipes to meet nutritional goals, and more.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
generate_recipe — Generate a new recipe based on natural language instructionstransform_recipe — The transform_recipe tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: COOKWITH_API_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Recipe's toolset — generate_recipe, transform_recipe — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jkakar; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| generate_recipe | Generate a new recipe based on natural language instructions. |
| transform_recipe | The transform_recipe tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"recipe": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cookwith/recipe-mcp"],
"env": {
"COOKWITH_API_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| COOKWITH_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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