Thecocktaildb MCP Server

by mrfentmen Your server? Claim it

local only

Thecocktaildb MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 510 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

TheCocktailDB: search 600+ cocktails, full recipes with measures and steps, browse by letter.

Installs per day peak 291 · avg 9

a month agotoday

510

Installs / week

npm · thecocktaildb-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

2 Nov 2026

Last commit

3 releases in 90 days

—

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Thecocktaildb MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add thecocktaildb-mcp -- npx -y thecocktaildb-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thecocktaildb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "thecocktaildb-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.thecocktaildb-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "thecocktaildb-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thecocktaildb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "thecocktaildb-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "thecocktaildb-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "thecocktaildb-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Alternatives to Thecocktaildb MCP

same job, measured the same way

Cocktaildb MCP

by mrfentmen

Query TheCocktailDB: cocktail search, full recipes with ingredients/measures, random cocktail.

497 installs/wk local only

Cocktails MCP

by mrfentmen

Search cocktail recipes by name or ingredient from TheCocktailDB. No key required.

125 installs/wk local only

Met Museum MCP Server

by cyanheads

Search the Met collection, browse by department or update date, fetch full records and CC0 images.

273 installs/wk 4 tools answering

Omdb MCP

by mrfentmen

Query the OMDb API: movie/series search and full details with ratings.

523 installs/wk local only

Hn MCP Server

by cyanheads

Browse Hacker News feeds, threads, and user profiles with full-text search.

644 installs/wk 4 tools answering

Cocktail Glass

by cocktail

Search 500 cocktail recipes, get full recipes, find drinks by ingredient, suggest random picks.

7 tools answering

Percolate

by bguillow-rgb

Search the Percolate specialty coffee database: 1,100+ coffees with brew recipes and pairings.

54 installs/wk 8 tools answering

ToolNav AI

by toolnav

Search AI tools, browse categories and read tool details with source links. Free, read-only access.

3 tools answering

Thecocktaildb MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Thecocktaildb MCP?

Thecocktaildb MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package thecocktaildb-mcp was installed 510 times last week.

How do I connect Thecocktaildb MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls thecocktaildb-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Thecocktaildb MCP?

The npm package thecocktaildb-mcp was installed 510 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Thecocktaildb MCP open source?

We cannot say either way: written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.