Tandoor MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Tandoor Recipe Manager.

Local serverstdio

What is the Tandoor MCP Server?

Tandoor MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the starbuck93/tandoor-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Tandoor Recipe Manager”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares TANDOOR_URL, TANDOOR_API_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
create_tandoor_recipe
create_tandoor_meal_plan
get_recipes
get_meal_plans
get_recipe_details
get_meal_types
get_keywords
get_foods
get_units
get_shopping_list
add_shopping_list_item
update_shopping_list_item
remove_shopping_list_item

How to install the Tandoor MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tandoor": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/tandoor-mcp-server/build/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TANDOOR_URL": "https://your-tandoor-instance.com",
        "TANDOOR_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_TANDOOR_API_TOKEN"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
TANDOOR_URL	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
TANDOOR_API_TOKEN	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation