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TheMealDB

TheMealDB MCP Connector for Claude

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Search international recipes by name, category, cuisine, or ingredient — with full cooking instructions, measurements, and video tutorials.

5 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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The TheMealDB MCP Server gives your AI agent instant access to an international recipe database spanning dozens of cuisines — from Japanese sushi rolls to Italian pasta, Mexican tacos, and Indian curries.

Core Capabilities

  • Recipe Search — Find meals by name with complete ingredient lists, exact measurements, and step-by-step cooking instructions.
  • Category Browse — Explore by food type: Beef, Chicken, Dessert, Pasta, Seafood, Vegetarian, Vegan, Breakfast, and more.
  • Cuisine Filter — Discover recipes from 27+ national cuisines including American, Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese.
  • Random Inspiration — Get a surprise recipe whenever someone asks "what should I cook tonight?"
  • Video Tutorials — Most recipes include YouTube tutorial links for visual learners.

Zero authentication required. Perfect for meal planning assistants, cooking chatbots, food blogs, and recipe recommendation engines.

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5 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_meal_details

Get complete details of a specific meal by its TheMealDB ID

get_meals_by_cuisine

Available areas: American, British, Canadian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Egyptian, Filipino, French, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Japanese, Kenyan, Malaysian, Mexican, Moroccan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Tunisian, Turkish, Vietnamese. Browse meals by cuisine/country of origin

get_meals_by_category

Available categories: Beef, Chicken, Dessert, Lamb, Miscellaneous, Pasta, Pork, Seafood, Side, Starter, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Goat. Browse meals by category such as Beef, Chicken, Dessert, Pasta, Seafood, or Vegetarian

get_random_meal

Great for inspiration or "what should I cook tonight?" scenarios. Get a random recipe from TheMealDB

search_meals

Returns full recipe details including ingredients, measures, instructions, and YouTube tutorials. Try queries like "Arrabiata", "Chicken", "Sushi", "Pad Thai". Search TheMealDB for recipes by name

See how to talk to your AI agent using TheMealDB.

Find me an Italian pasta recipe.

I found several Italian pasta recipes! The top result is Pasta Carbonara — a classic Roman dish made with eggs, Pecorino cheese, guanciale, and black pepper. Ready in 30 minutes, serves 4. Would you like the full recipe with measurements?

Find a quick pasta recipe that takes less than 30 minutes.

Scanning TheMealDB ('search_meals')... I recommend the 'Spaghetti Carbonara' (Meal ID: 52982). It takes about 25 minutes. Main ingredients: Spaghetti, Pancetta, Eggs, Parmesan. Do you want me to list the full cooking instructions?

Give me a list of highly rated vegetarian meals from Indian cuisine.

Filtering categorical clusters ('filter_by_category' & 'filter_by_area')... Here are some classic Indian vegetarian dishes from the database: 1. 'Dal Makhani' (Black Lentils) 2. 'Matar Paneer' (Peas and Cheese) 3. 'Baingan Bharta' (Roasted Eggplant) Let me know if you need the recipe for one of these.

No. TheMealDB provides free open access for development and personal projects. No registration or API key required.

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