Picnic runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 553 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Oct 2026.
Search products, fill the cart and pick a delivery slot at the online supermarket Picnic
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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 mcp add picnic-mcp -e 'PICNIC_AUTH_KEY=<PICNIC_AUTH_KEY>' -- npx -y picnic-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"picnic-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"picnic-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PICNIC_AUTH_KEY": "<PICNIC_AUTH_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.picnic-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "picnic-mcp"]
env = { PICNIC_AUTH_KEY = "<PICNIC_AUTH_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"picnic-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"picnic-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PICNIC_AUTH_KEY": "<PICNIC_AUTH_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"picnic-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"picnic-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PICNIC_AUTH_KEY": "<PICNIC_AUTH_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PICNIC_AUTH_KEY> (The auth key of the Picnic account. Get one with `npx picnic-mcp login`).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PICNIC_COUNTRY_CODE (The country of the account: NL, DE or FR), PICNIC_MCP_TOOLS (The tool groups to turn on, comma-separated, from cart, slots, product, discover, deliveries, recipes).
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Picnic — questions
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