Paprika Server

An MCP server that gives AI assistants access to your Paprika Recipe Manager data.

Building

pnpm install
pnpm build

Unpacking Paprika Recipes

Paprika exports recipes as .paprikarecipes archive files. Before starting the server, unpack them into individual JSON files:

./dist/index.js unpack --input recipes.paprikarecipes --output ./recipes

Option	Description
--input <file>	Path to .paprikarecipes archive (required)
--output <dir>	Output directory for extracted JSON files (required)
--verbose	Enable verbose logging

Starting the Server

./dist/index.js mcp --recipes-dir ./recipes

Option	Description
--recipes-dir <path>	Directory containing recipe JSON files (default: $PAPRIKA_RECIPES_DIR or ./.recipes)
--server-name <name>	MCP server name (default: $PAPRIKA_SERVER_NAME or "paprika")
--verbose	Enable verbose logging

Using with Claude

Claude Code

Add a .mcp.json file to your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paprika": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/paprika-mcp-server/dist/index.js",
        "mcp",
        "--recipes-dir",
        "/path/to/your/recipes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

License

Apache 2.0