# RecipeBee (remote · recipebee.app)

Discover, preview, and save recipes and meal plans with RecipeBee; private actions require OAuth.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `recipebee.app`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/praisondani-recipebee/recipebee.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/praisondani-recipebee/recipebee)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://recipebee.app/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.4.5`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-23.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (update_recipe_content).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 79/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 3778 tokens (~87/item across 43 items; 19 tools + 24 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 76/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 17% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 21 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

**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.

## Install

### How do I install the RecipeBee MCP server?

RecipeBee is a hosted endpoint at https://recipebee.app/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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http praisondani-recipebee 'https://recipebee.app/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "praisondani-recipebee": {
      "url": "https://recipebee.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "praisondani-recipebee": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://recipebee.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.praisondani-recipebee]
url = "https://recipebee.app/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "praisondani-recipebee": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://recipebee.app/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add praisondani-recipebee --url 'https://recipebee.app/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  praisondani-recipebee:
    url: "https://recipebee.app/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "praisondani-recipebee": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://recipebee.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add praisondani-recipebee -t streamable-http -u 'https://recipebee.app/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "praisondani-recipebee": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://recipebee.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-23 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (19)

### `preview_meal_plan` (~91 tokens)

Preview meal plan

Use when the user asks to review a meal plan without adding it to RecipeBee. This chat-only, data-only tool never writes recipes or meal plans and does not render a RecipeBee card.

Input parameters:

- `assignments` (array, required)
- `description`
- `end_date` (string, required)
- `recipes` (array, required)
- `start_date` (string, required)
- `title` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `plan` (object)

### `prepare_meal_plan_import` (~125 tokens)

Prepare meal-plan import

Use only after the user explicitly asks to add a completed meal plan to RecipeBee. This stateful, data-only step checks private recipes for exact or possible matches and creates a short-lived import draft without creating recipes or a meal plan or rendering a RecipeBee card. Do not use for chat-only meal planning. Wait for explicit recipe choices when matches are returned.

Input parameters:

- `assignments` (array, required)
- `description`
- `end_date` (string, required)
- `recipes` (array, required)
- `start_date` (string, required)
- `title` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `assignment_count` (integer)
- `draft_id` (string)
- `expires_at`
- `meal_plan_id`
- `plan` (object)
- `recipes` (array)
- `requires_choices` (boolean)
- `status` (string)
- `unique_recipe_count` (integer)

### `commit_meal_plan_import` (~111 tokens)

Add meal plan to RecipeBee

Use after prepare_meal_plan_import. Submit exactly one decision for every recipe. Use use_existing only with a recipe ID returned by preparation and only after the user chooses it; otherwise use create_new. This creates one private meal plan and its entries atomically, then renders the final RecipeBee card. Claim success only when persisted=true. The response may include an optional image batch link; never start image generation from MCP client.

Input parameters:

- `decisions` (array, required)
- `draft_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `duplicate` (boolean)
- `entry_count` (integer)
- `image_batch`
- `meal_plan` (object)
- `new_recipe_count` (integer)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipes` (array)
- `reused_recipe_count` (integer)

### `get_image_generation_batch` (~59 tokens)

Get RecipeBee image batch status

Read the progress of an optional RecipeBee image-generation batch returned by a meal-plan import. This tool never starts, charges, or cancels image generation; the user must confirm the batch in RecipeBee.

Input parameters:

- `batch_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `access` (object)
- `available_credits` (integer)
- `completed_at`
- `completed_count` (integer)
- `confirmed_at`
- `created_at`
- `eligible_count` (integer)
- `estimated_credits` (integer)
- `estimated_selected_credits` (integer)
- `failed_count` (integer)
- `id` (string)
- `image_credit_cost` (integer)
- `items` (array)
- `meal_plan_id`
- `progress` (object)
- `requested_count` (integer)
- `requires_confirmation` (boolean)
- `reserved_credits` (integer)
- `skipped_count` (integer)
- `source` (string)
- `source_reference`
- `status` (string)
- `web_url` (string)

### `list_saved_recipes` (~75 tokens)

List private RecipeBee recipes

Browse or search the connected user's private RecipeBee recipe library. Use only when the user asks to browse or search saved recipes. Returns a small paginated summary; use show_recipe only for a recipe the user selects.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string)
- `per_page` (integer)
- `query` (string)

Output parameters:

- `has_more` (boolean)
- `items` (array)
- `next_cursor`
- `per_page` (integer)
- `prev_cursor`

### `list_saved_meal_plans` (~77 tokens)

List private RecipeBee meal plans

Browse or search the connected user's private RecipeBee meal plans. Use only when the user asks to browse or search meal plans. Returns paginated summaries; use show_meal_plan only for a plan the user selects.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string)
- `per_page` (integer)
- `query` (string)

Output parameters:

- `has_more` (boolean)
- `items` (array)
- `next_cursor`
- `per_page` (integer)
- `prev_cursor`

### `show_meal_plan` (~53 tokens)

Show private RecipeBee meal plan

Read the selected private meal plan and its scheduled recipes. Use only after the user selects or names a plan. This tool is read-only and does not edit the plan.

Input parameters:

- `meal_plan_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `meal_plan` (object)

### `open_recipebee_kitchen` (~38 tokens)

Open RecipeBee Kitchen

Open the connected user's private recipe and meal-plan library in the ChatGPT sidebar. The app reads only the library section the user opens.

Output parameters:

- `opened` (boolean)

### `preview_recipe` (~247 tokens)

Preview recipe

Use when the user asks to preview or review a complete recipe without saving it. Include realistic integer prep_time_minutes, cook_time_minutes, and total_time_minutes values in every complete recipe. Estimate them when the user does not specify times; use 0 only when that part genuinely takes no time. For recipes with components or cooking stages, provide content sections and omit flat ingredients and steps. Validate and render the recipe without persistence. Do not call as an intermediate step when the user has already explicitly asked to save.

Input parameters:

- `content` (object): For multi-component recipes, provide ingredient and instruction sections here and omit flat ingredients and steps.
- `cook_time_minutes` (integer, required): Estimated cooking time in minutes. Use 0 only when no cooking is needed.
- `ingredients` (array)
- `notes`
- `prep_time_minutes` (integer, required): Estimated preparation time in minutes. Use 0 only when no preparation is needed.
- `servings`
- `steps` (array)
- `summary`
- `tags`
- `title` (string, required)
- `total_time_minutes` (integer, required): Total elapsed time in minutes. Keep this consistent with the preparation and cooking steps.

Output parameters:

- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)

### `attach_instruction_image` (~204 tokens)

Attach instructional photo

Use after a structured recipe is saved and the user asks to attach its photos. Use the returned canonical stage/action ID and latest content revision. Supply a transferable host file descriptor or accessible HTTPS image URL, only with established reuse permission. Do not scrape private chats or claim access to search thumbnails. This saves no new recipe and uses no image-generation credits. Poll get_instruction_image for completion. If transfer is unavailable, offer RecipeBee upload. A failed photo never requires resaving the recipe.

Input parameters:

- `alt_text` (string)
- `caption` (string)
- `expected_revision` (integer, required)
- `file` (object)
- `image_url` (string)
- `recipe_id` (string, required)
- `reuse_permission` (string, required): Use only when the user owns the image or has established permission to save and use it. A search result or attribution alone does not establish permission.
- `target_id` (string, required)
- `target_type` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `operation` (object)
- `persisted` (boolean)

### `update_recipe_content` (~129 tokens)

Update recipe sections

Use only after reading the saved recipe with show_recipe and receiving a direct request to change its ingredients or instructions. Send the full content document and its current revision. Preserve existing section and item IDs for unchanged content; omitted sections or actions are deleted. New sections and actions can omit IDs. This replaces grouped text atomically and advances the revision. Photos remain optional and are not changed by this tool. On a revision conflict, read the recipe again and reconcile the requested edit before retrying.

Input parameters:

- `content` (object, required)
- `expected_revision` (integer, required)
- `recipe_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `content` (object)
- `persisted` (boolean)

### `get_instruction_image` (~57 tokens)

Get instructional photo status

Read one attachment operation returned by attach_instruction_image. Never resave the recipe to retry a photo. Use show_recipe after completion to refresh the full recipe view.

Input parameters:

- `operation_id` (string, required)
- `recipe_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `operation` (object)
- `persisted` (boolean)

### `remove_instruction_image` (~82 tokens)

Remove instructional photo

Use only after the user asks to remove a specific stage or action photo. Read the latest recipe first and supply its content revision plus the photo operation ID. Removal is permanent for this photo; it does not change recipe text or require another photo.

Input parameters:

- `expected_revision` (integer, required)
- `operation_id` (string, required)
- `recipe_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `operation` (object)
- `persisted` (boolean)

### `save_recipe` (~318 tokens)

Save private recipe

Use when the user explicitly asks to save a complete recipe privately. Include realistic integer prep_time_minutes, cook_time_minutes, and total_time_minutes values in every complete recipe. Estimate them when the user does not specify times; use 0 only when that part genuinely takes no time. Use content sections for recipes with components or cooking stages; omit flat ingredients and steps when content is present. Save exactly once. If the user asks for RecipeBee image generation, disclose that it may reserve existing image credits or consume a free-tier image allowance and wait for explicit acceptance before using save_recipe_with_image. If the user wants to attach an MCP client-generated or uploaded stage/action photo, save the recipe first, then use attach_instruction_image with the returned target ID and latest content revision. Use attach_recipe_image only for a hero/gallery photo. Do not publish or use browser control.

Input parameters:

- `content` (object): For multi-component recipes, provide ingredient and instruction sections here and omit flat ingredients and steps.
- `cook_time_minutes` (integer, required): Estimated cooking time in minutes. Use 0 only when no cooking is needed.
- `ingredients` (array)
- `notes`
- `prep_time_minutes` (integer, required): Estimated preparation time in minutes. Use 0 only when no preparation is needed.
- `servings`
- `steps` (array)
- `summary`
- `tags`
- `title` (string, required)
- `total_time_minutes` (integer, required): Total elapsed time in minutes. Keep this consistent with the preparation and cooking steps.

Output parameters:

- `duplicate` (boolean)
- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)

### `save_recipe_with_image` (~418 tokens)

Save recipe with image

Save a complete recipe privately and request RecipeBee image generation. Image generation may reserve existing RecipeBee image credits or consume a free-tier image allowance. On protocol 2026-07-28, the server requires an accepted confirmation form bound to these exact recipe and image options; image_generation_confirmed is ignored. On older MCP clients, omit image_generation_confirmed until the user explicitly accepts, then set it to true on one retry. No recipe is saved before confirmation. Once confirmed, save privately and queue the moderated image pipeline once; the recipe remains saved if image generation fails or is unavailable. This tool never purchases credits or starts checkout. For an MCP client-generated or uploaded image, use save_recipe followed by attach_recipe_image instead. Do not call preview_recipe or save_recipe first. Include realistic integer prep_time_minutes, cook_time_minutes, and total_time_minutes values in every complete recipe. Estimate them when the user does not specify times; use 0 only when that part genuinely takes no time.

Input parameters:

- `content` (object): For multi-component recipes, provide ingredient and instruction sections here and omit flat ingredients and steps.
- `cook_time_minutes` (integer, required): Estimated cooking time in minutes. Use 0 only when no cooking is needed.
- `image` (object)
- `image_generation_confirmed` (boolean): For pre-2026 MCP clients only: set to true after explaining possible credit or free-allowance use and receiving the user’s explicit acceptance. Protocol 2026-07-28 ignores this value and collects con…
- `ingredients` (array)
- `notes`
- `prep_time_minutes` (integer, required): Estimated preparation time in minutes. Use 0 only when no preparation is needed.
- `servings`
- `steps` (array)
- `summary`
- `tags`
- `title` (string, required)
- `total_time_minutes` (integer, required): Total elapsed time in minutes. Keep this consistent with the preparation and cooking steps.

Output parameters:

- `duplicate` (boolean)
- `image` (object)
- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)

### `show_recipe` (~91 tokens)

Show RecipeBee recipe

Use after attach_recipe_image or generate_recipe_image to render the current authoritative private recipe and image status, or when the user explicitly asks to view an existing recipe. Do not call immediately after save_recipe or save_recipe_with_image because those tools already return the authoritative saved recipe. Call it once after a later image mutation; do not use it repeatedly or as a substitute for saving.

Input parameters:

- `recipe_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `image` (object)
- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)
- `recipe_id` (string)

### `attach_recipe_image` (~185 tokens)

Attach MCP client image

Use when the user wants to attach an image generated or uploaded in the current MCP client conversation to an existing private RecipeBee recipe. Prefer the Apps SDK file input when MCP client supplies file with download_url and file_id. Use image_url only for a URL selected or uploaded in the RecipeBee widget. If neither file nor image_url is available, return a pending selection and do not claim attachment. The widget picker is a fallback because native generated images may not be available in MCP client Files. Report attachment only after persisted=true and needs_image_selection=false. mode=replace changes which retained image is primary but does not delete the previous image; use it only after the user explicitly requests replacement. Do not use for a new RecipeBee-generated image.

Input parameters:

- `file` (object)
- `image_url`
- `mode` (string)
- `recipe_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `duplicate` (boolean)
- `image` (object)
- `is_public` (boolean)
- `needs_image_selection` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)
- `recipe_id` (string)

### `generate_recipe_image` (~271 tokens)

Generate recipe image

Request RecipeBee image generation for an existing private recipe. Generation may reserve existing RecipeBee image credits or consume a free-tier image allowance. On protocol 2026-07-28, the server requires an accepted confirmation form bound to this recipe and these image options; image_generation_confirmed is ignored. On older MCP clients, omit image_generation_confirmed until the user explicitly accepts, then set it to true on one retry. This tool never purchases credits or starts checkout; if the existing entitlement is unavailable, report the failure without directing the user to a purchase flow. Do not use for an image already generated or uploaded in this conversation. mode=add retains the current primary image. mode=replace changes which retained image is primary but does not delete the previous image; use it only after the user explicitly requests replacement.

Input parameters:

- `aspect` (string)
- `custom_prompt`
- `image_generation_confirmed` (boolean): For pre-2026 MCP clients only: set to true after explaining possible credit or free-allowance use and receiving the user’s explicit acceptance. Protocol 2026-07-28 ignores this value and collects con…
- `mode` (string)
- `recipe_id` (string, required)
- `seed`
- `style` (string)

Output parameters:

- `image` (object)
- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)
- `recipe_id` (string)

### `get_recipe_image` (~35 tokens)

Check recipe image

Check the private AI image status for an existing RecipeBee recipe after image generation was requested.

Input parameters:

- `recipe_id` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `image` (object)
- `is_public` (boolean)
- `persisted` (boolean)
- `recipe` (object)
- `recipe_id` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/praisondani-recipebee/recipebee#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 66

## Common questions

### What is the RecipeBee MCP server?

RecipeBee is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.praisondani/recipebee. Discover, preview, and save recipes and meal plans with RecipeBee; private actions require OAuth. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://recipebee.app/mcp).

### Is the RecipeBee MCP server safe to use?

RecipeBee scores 66 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 RecipeBee MCP server expose?

RecipeBee exposes 19 tools: preview_meal_plan, prepare_meal_plan_import, commit_meal_plan_import, get_image_generation_batch, list_saved_recipes, and 14 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,666 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the RecipeBee MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to RecipeBee without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the RecipeBee MCP server still maintained?

RecipeBee is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://recipebee.app/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/praisondani/recipebee-cursor-plugin
- Website: https://recipebee.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/praisondani-recipebee/recipebee.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/praisondani-recipebee/recipebee.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/praisondani-recipebee/recipebee