Plate Artists is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 13 tools.
Recipes, plating guides and kitchen calculators (turkey, Thanksgiving timeline). Free, read-only.
Uptime history
28 hours of history
28 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
13
Tools
read from the server
171 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Plate Artists 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
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add plate-artists --transport http https://plateartists.com/mcpSettings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://plateartists.com/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.plate-artists]
url = "https://plateartists.com/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"plate-artists": {
"url": "https://plateartists.com/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"plate-artists": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://plateartists.com/mcp"
}
}
}Available tools 13
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
recipe
get_recipe
The full recipe by id: description, times, servings, ingredients with quantities, the method step by step, plating ideas (how to plate and garnish it), food-safety notes, FAQ and the page URL.
list_recipe_filters
The cuisines and categories in the recipe catalog, to use as exact filter values.
charcuterie
charcuterie_board_calculator
How much cheese, cured meat, crackers, fruit, nuts and jars to buy for a charcuterie board, and what size board, for a guest count.
guide
find_guide
Find Plate Artists guides, board guides, holiday hubs and free tools on a topic: plating technique, garnishes, sauces, plate types, knife skills, table setting, napkin folding, food photography, charcuterie boards and more. Returns titles, summaries and URLs. Without a query, lists every guide.
ham
ham_calculator
How much ham to buy per person and USDA FSIS cooking or reheating time and safe temperature. label: cooked = fully cooked (reheat); cbe = cook before eating; fresh = raw pork leg; country = dry-cured country ham. Not every label has every cut.
knife
knife_cut_size
The size and method of a classic knife cut (julienne, brunoise, batonnet, small dice, chiffonade, paysanne, tourné, mirepoix and more), in inches and millimetres. Without a cut, lists every cut with its size.
party
party_food_calculator
How much food and drink to buy for a party: appetizer pieces, then the mains, sides, salads, bread and desserts you pick, and drinks for the hours.
plate
plate_color_pairing
Which plate colour flatters a dish and which makes it disappear, by the food's dominant colour; or which foods a plate you own suits. Call with neither to see the colour families and plates.
prime
prime_rib_calculator
How big a prime rib (standing rib roast) to buy for a guest count, roasting time, the pull temperature for the doneness you want, and the rest. Classic 350°F roast or reverse sear.
random
random_recipe
One random full recipe, optionally limited by cuisine, category or vegetarian. For "what should I cook tonight?" questions.
recipes
search_recipes
Search the Plate Artists recipe catalog by words in the dish name or keywords, cuisine, category, vegetarian, and total time. Returns short cards with ids and URLs; call get_recipe for the full recipe. Call list_recipe_filters for the exact cuisine and category values.
thanksgiving
thanksgiving_timeline
A Thanksgiving cooking schedule worked back from the dinner time: what to do on each day before (thawing, make-ahead dishes), when the turkey goes in and comes out, which oven each side dish goes in and when, and any dish that does not fit the ovens, with fixes. Turkey times are USDA FSIS's; dish times are each recipe's own. Every setting is optional.
turkey
turkey_calculator
What size turkey to buy for a guest count, USDA roasting time at 325°F, fridge and cold-water thawing time, and the done temperature.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://plateartists.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 135 ms | 15 min ago |
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Plate Artists — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can Plate Artists do?
It exposes 13 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: charcuterie_board_calculator, find_guide, get_recipe, ham_calculator, knife_cut_size, list_recipe_filters and 7 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Plate Artists working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 171 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Plate Artists?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Plate Artists need an API key?
No. Plate Artists completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 13 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Plate Artists?
It answers our handshake in 171 ms on average, which is faster than 78% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.