Parsley MCP by usefulapi
REMOTE · PARSLEY.USEFULAPI.IO
Read Parsley menu items, nutrition, allergens, ingredients and events; record event sales and waste.
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Last scanned (2 hours ago)
Scores higher than 46% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 25 Oct 2026.
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security78
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token. View diagnostics → Pass
- HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven. View diagnostics → Unverified
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents. View diagnostics → Partial
Transport & Reachability0
- Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability82
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2033 tokens (~135/item across 15 items; 15 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage99
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 96% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 15 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 16 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 25 Oct 26 62
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 25 Oct 2026 · Probed https://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=usefulapi.io | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 13 Sept 2026 | 12 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | d9be3287b0fde9630e825ba1f79bff3f |
| SANs: usefulapi.io, *.usefulapi.io | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of parsley.usefulapi.io. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| io. | present | 38690, 57355 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| usefulapi.io. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication Enforced and verified
The endpoint asked for a token and published valid RFC 9728 metadata describing how to get one.
| Result | Enforced and verified |
|---|---|
| Enforced | On tool calls |
| HTTP status | 302 |
WWW-Authenticate challenge Bearer realm="OAuth", resource_metadata="https://parsley.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp"
Bearer realm="OAuth", resource_metadata="https://parsley.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp" Protected resource metadata
| Document | https://parsley.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp |
|---|---|
| Retrieved | Yes |
| Resource | https://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp |
| Authorisation server | https://parsley.usefulapi.io |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp | Redirected | 302 | https://usefulapi.io/parsley/ |
| http (plaintext) | http://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp | Inconclusive | 302 | http://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
parsley_create_event Create event ~219
WRITE: create an event (a workday, shift, service or catering event) in Parsley with its menu items. This changes the account's production plan and is NOT idempotent: calling it twice creates two events. Returns the new event id. Use parsley_list_events first to avoid duplicates. POST /events.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | yes | The day of the event, yyyy-mm-dd. |
| description | string | – | – |
| end_time | string | – | Time of day, HH:mm (24 hour). |
| line_items | array | yes | The menu items and amounts to produce or sell (may be empty). |
| menu_id | integer | – | Parsley menu id the event uses (from parsley_list_menus). |
| name | string | yes | Event name, e.g. 'Brunch'. |
| private | boolean | – | Mark the event private. |
| start_time | string | – | Time of day, HH:mm (24 hour). |
| type | string | yes | Event type: standard, cafe-hot-bar, sale or forecast. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_get_event Get event ~53
One event with its metadata and all line items (menu item, amount, unit, station, section). GET /events/{id}.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| event_id | integer | yes | Parsley event id (from parsley_list_events). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_get_ingredient Get ingredient (costing and suppliers) ~91
One ingredient in full: unit conversions, supported units, tags, the supply options (supplier, SKU, pack size, cost) used for costing and the preparations with yield. Parsley limits this call to 1 request every 3 seconds, so fetch ingredients one at a time. GET /ingredients/{id}.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ingredient_id | integer | yes | Parsley ingredient id (from parsley_list_ingredients). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_get_menu Get menu ~51
One menu with its sections and the menu items in each section, and its serving stations. GET /menus/{id}.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| menu_id | integer | yes | Parsley menu id (from parsley_list_menus). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_get_menu_item Get menu item (nutrition, allergens, ingredients) ~100
One menu item in full: names, description, price, cost, shelf life, serving size, nutrition facts (nutrients), the allergen flags and allergen text, dietary characteristics (meat, pork, corn, poultry) and the ingredient list. The photo link is returned without its access token. GET /menu_items/{id}.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| menu_item_id | integer | yes | Parsley menu item id (from parsley_list_menu_items). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_chef_tags List chef tags ~84
List the chef tags (id, name) that recipes are attributed to. Only meaningful for accounts with Chef IDs enabled. GET /tags/chefs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_chef_users List chef users ~125
List the chef users of the account: id, email, join date, active flag, permission level and the chef tag they are tied to. Only meaningful for accounts with Chef IDs enabled. GET /users/chefs.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
| search | string | – | Only chef users (matched on email or chef name) whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_events List events ~205
List events (a workday, shift, service or catering event) that fall in a date window: id, name, type (standard, cafe-hot-bar, sale, forecast), date, start and end time, menu id. A bare date means the whole day in the account timezone. GET /events.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| end | string | yes | Window end (inclusive): yyyy-mm-dd (to the end of that day) or an ISO 8601 date-time. |
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
| search | string | – | Only events whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). |
| start | string | yes | Window start (inclusive): yyyy-mm-dd or an ISO 8601 date-time. Without a timezone the account timezone applies. |
| type | string | – | Only this event type. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_ingredients List ingredients ~148
List the ingredients that can be used in recipes: id, parent id, name, label name, item number, supported units, and whether a recipe uses it. The API returns the whole list at once; search/limit/offset slice it here. GET /ingredients.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
| search | string | – | Only ingredients whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). |
| used_by_recipe | boolean | – | true: only ingredients used by a recipe; false: only unused ones. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_menu_items List menu items ~185
List the recipes, sub-recipes and ingredients in the Parsley account that can be used on events: id, name, item number, price, tags, active flag, chef and last-modified time. Use the ids with parsley_get_menu_item for nutrition, allergens and ingredients, and on events. The API returns the whole list at once; search/limit/offset slice it here. GET /menu_items.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
| search | string | – | Only menu items whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). |
| tag | string | – | Only items carrying this tag (exact, case-insensitive). |
| type | string | – | Only this kind of item. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_menus List menus ~107
List the menus (menu plans) in the account: id, name and last-modified time. Use the id with parsley_get_menu or when creating an event. GET /menus.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
| search | string | – | Only menus whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_list_serving_stations List serving stations ~84
List the serving stations (id, name) that menu items and event line items can be assigned to. GET /tags/serving_stations.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Results to return, 1-500 (default 100). |
| offset | integer | – | Skip this many results (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_record_event_sales Record event sales ~107
WRITE: push sold quantities per menu item to a cafe/hot bar event, which feeds Parsley's cost and usage reports. Other event types are refused by Parsley, as is a menu item with no made quantity on the event. Sending the same quantities again overwrites rather than adds. PUT /events/{id}/sales.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| event_id | integer | yes | Parsley event id of a cafe/hot bar event. |
| sales | array | yes | Sold amount per menu item. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_record_waste_leftover Record waste and leftover ~107
WRITE: push waste and/or leftover quantities per menu item to a cafe/hot bar event. If no sold quantity exists, Parsley derives it as made minus waste minus leftover. Parsley refuses amounts above what was made minus sold. Sending the same quantities again overwrites rather than adds. PUT /events/{id}/waste_leftover.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| event_id | integer | yes | Parsley event id of a cafe/hot bar event. |
| items | array | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
parsley_update_event_covers Update event covers ~113
WRITE: set the forecast and/or actual number of covers (guests served) on an event. Only the fields you pass change. actual_covers works only on cafe/hot bar events. Setting the same values again has no further effect. PATCH /events/{id}.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| actual_covers | integer | – | Real number of covers (cafe/hot bar events only). |
| event_id | integer | yes | Parsley event id. |
| forecast_covers | integer | – | Predicted number of covers. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Parsley MCP by usefulapi server?
Parsley MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · parsley.usefulapi.io
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-parsley 'https://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp'
What is the Parsley MCP by usefulapi server?
Parsley MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/parsley. Read Parsley menu items, nutrition, allergens, ingredients and events; record event sales and waste. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://parsley.usefulapi.io/mcp).
Is the Parsley MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?
Parsley MCP by usefulapi scores 62 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Parsley MCP by usefulapi server expose?
Parsley MCP by usefulapi exposes 15 tools: parsley_list_menu_items, parsley_get_menu_item, parsley_list_menus, parsley_get_menu, parsley_list_ingredients, and 10 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,779 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Parsley MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?
Yes. Parsley MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.
Is the Parsley MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?
Parsley MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.