Pantry Aide

Plan your week's meals and fill your grocery cart — without leaving your AI assistant.

Pantry Aide is a hosted (remote) Model Context Protocol server that runs the entire meal‑plan‑to‑checkout journey on behalf of a signed‑in user.

Most meal‑planning tools stop at "here's a plan." Pantry Aide closes the loop to actual groceries:

1. Plan — generate a weekly meal plan (mains + sides) from your own recipes, honoring a free‑text request like "mostly chicken, nothing too hard."
2. Shop list — build a pantry‑aware shopping list that automatically skips staples you likely already have, then refine it.
3. Checkout — push the list to your live Kroger cart, or generate an Instacart deep link.

All from chat: "Plan 5 easy dinners this week, swap Tuesday for something lighter, then send the cart to Kroger."

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Connecting

The server speaks Streamable HTTP at:

https://pantryaide.com/mcp

You need a free Pantry Aide account. Kroger checkout requires connecting a Kroger account once in the web app; Instacart works without extra setup.

Option A — OAuth one‑click (Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude for Work)

Add a custom connector / integration pointing at https://pantryaide.com/mcp. The server advertises OAuth 2.1 discovery and Dynamic Client Registration, so the client walks you through sign‑in automatically — no manual token needed.

Option B — Bearer API key (Cursor, Windsurf, custom clients)

1. Sign in at pantryaide.com and generate an API key (looks like pa_live_…).
2. Add the server to your client config:

Native remote transport (header auth):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pantry-aide": {
      "url": "https://pantryaide.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer pa_live_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Via mcp-remote (for stdio‑only clients):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pantry-aide": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://pantryaide.com/mcp",
        "--header", "Authorization: Bearer pa_live_YOUR_KEY"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools (22)

Recipes

Tool	What it does
list_recipes	List your recipes (owned + saved), cursor‑paginated
get_recipe	Full details (ingredients, instructions, timing) for one recipe
discover_recipes	Browse public recipes; filter by query/tag/difficulty/meal type
save_recipe	Save a public recipe to your collection (idempotent)
create_recipe	Author a new recipe
update_recipe	Edit fields on a recipe you own
delete_recipe	Delete a recipe you own (destructive)

Meal plans

Tool	What it does
generate_meal_plan	AI‑generate a weekly plan (mains + sides) from your recipes
list_meal_plans	List your meal plans
get_meal_plan	Full plan details (planned meals + recipes + ingredients)
suggest_recipe_replacements	Propose alternatives for a planned slot
replace_planned_meal	Swap one slot to a different recipe
add_planned_meal	Add a meal/side to a date
remove_planned_meal	Remove a meal from a plan

Shopping list

Tool	What it does
create_shopping_list_from_plan	Build a pantry‑aware list (to_buy vs. excluded)
update_shopping_list_items	Toggle selected / edit quantity, unit, notes
add_custom_item	Add a manual item (paper towels, snacks, …)

Kroger checkout

Tool	What it does
prepare_kroger_cart	Match items to Kroger products (auto / needs‑review / unmatched)
search_kroger_alternatives	Refresh candidates for one item
select_kroger_products	Persist UPC choices
submit_kroger_cart	Push items to your live Kroger cart (destructive)

Instacart

Tool	What it does
create_instacart_link	Generate an Instacart deep link for the selected items

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Example prompts

• "Plan 5 easy dinners for this week — mostly chicken, nothing too hard."
• "Build my shopping list and skip anything I probably already have."
• "Swap Tuesday's dinner for something lighter, then re‑do the list."
• "Add a vegetable side to Thursday."
• "Send the cart to Kroger when it looks good." → review → "yep, submit it."
• "Just make me an Instacart link for this week's groceries."

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Links

• 🌐 Website: https://pantryaide.com
• 🔌 MCP endpoint: https://pantryaide.com/mcp
• 📖 MCP spec: https://modelcontextprotocol.io

Pantry Aide is a hosted commercial service. This repository documents its public MCP integration; the application source is not included here.