Spoonacular

Spoonacular Food API MCP — recipes, nutrition, ingredients, meal planning. Free 150 req/day.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Auth

• Platform: PLATFORM_SPOONACULAR_KEY. BYO: ?_apiKey=….

Tools (recipes)

• recipe_search(query?, cuisine?, excludeCuisine?, diet?, intolerances?, includeIngredients?, excludeIngredients?, type?, instructionsRequired?, fillIngredients?, addRecipeInformation?, addRecipeNutrition?, maxReadyTime?, sort?, sortDirection?, offset?, number?, ...) — complex search
• recipe_information(id, includeNutrition?) — recipe detail
• recipe_random(tags?, number?) — random recipes
• recipe_summary(id) — short summary
• recipe_similar(id, number?) — similar recipes
• recipe_nutrition(id) — nutrition breakdown
• recipe_ingredients(id) — ingredient list
• recipe_taste(id, normalize?) — taste widget
• recipe_price_breakdown(id) — cost breakdown

Tools (ingredients/products)

• ingredient_search(query, number?, sort?, intolerances?) — ingredient search
• ingredient_information(id, amount?, unit?) — ingredient detail
• product_search(query, minCalories?, maxCalories?, number?, offset?) — branded product search
• product_information(id) — product detail

Tools (meal planning + utils)

• meal_plan_generate(timeFrame?, targetCalories?, diet?, exclude?) — generated meal plan
• meal_plan_week(targetCalories?, diet?, exclude?) — 7-day plan
• wine_pairing(food, maxPrice?) — wine pairing
• wine_recommendation(wine, minRating?, price?, number?) — wine recommendation
• convert_amount(ingredientName, sourceAmount, sourceUnit, targetUnit) — unit conversion

Data source

https://api.spoonacular.com

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spoonacular": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spoonacular/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Spoonacular data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT