Cookbook Directory

Works on claude.ai

Use your recipe library directly inside Claude

Connect Cookbook Directory to Claude via the Model Context Protocol. Ask Claude to search your recipes, read ingredients, create new dishes, and build revisions — all in natural conversation.

Create a free accountGet your API token

What Claude can do with your recipes

Once connected, Claude becomes a cooking assistant that actually knows your library.

Search your recipes

Ask Claude to find recipes by ingredient, technique, cuisine, or dietary need. It searches across your full private library in natural language.

Read recipe details

Claude can read any recipe in full — ingredients, method, notes, and pairings — so it can answer contextual questions while you cook.

Create new recipes

Describe what you want and Claude will create a structured recipe in your library, ready to cook or refine.

Revise and adapt

Ask Claude to make a new revision of an existing recipe — converting units, adjusting servings, or adapting for dietary needs — while keeping the original intact.

Set up in three steps

Works directly on claude.ai — just an API token and the server URL. No extra software required.

1

Generate an API token

Go to Settings → API Tokens and create a new token. Copy it — you'll only see it once.

2

Add Cookbook Directory to Claude

Connect via claude.ai Settings → Integrations, or use the Claude Desktop config snippet below.

3

Start cooking with Claude

Open a new Claude conversation. Ask it to "find me a pasta recipe" or "create a recipe for butternut squash soup" and watch it pull from your library.

Setting up on claude.ai

Add Cookbook Directory as an integration directly from your Claude settings — no software to install.

1. 1Go to claude.ai → Settings → Integrations
2. 2Click Add integration and enter the server URL: https://cookbook.directory/mcp
3. 3Enter your API token from Settings → API Tokens when prompted

Claude Desktop config

If you prefer Claude Desktop, add this to your claude_desktop_config.json. Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your token from Settings.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cookbook": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://cookbook.directory/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
      ]
    }
  }
}

The config file is usually at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows.

Your recipes, inside every Claude conversation

Stop copying and pasting recipes into chat windows. Connect once and Claude can search, read, and build on your entire library.