Recipes MCP Server

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Install Recipes MCP server

claude mcp add recipes -- npx -y mcp-recipes

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recipes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-recipes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recipes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-recipes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "recipes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-recipes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recipes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-recipes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
RECIPES_USER_AGENT	—	—	Identify your own client. The project's own identifier is appended, so a site can always reach a human.
RECIPES_MIN_INTERVAL_MS	—	—	Minimum milliseconds between two requests to the same site. Default 1000, floor 500.
RECIPES_TIMEOUT_MS	—	—	Deadline for one request to a site, in milliseconds. Default 20000.
RECIPES_MAX_RETRIES	—	—	Retries on rate limiting and transient failures. Default 3.
RECIPES_CACHE_TTL_MS	—	—	In-memory cache lifetime, in milliseconds. Default 900000. Set 0 to turn it off.
RECIPES_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES	—	—	In-memory cache size. Default 200.
RECIPES_LOG_LEVEL	—	—	silent, error, info or debug. Default error. Logs go to stderr.