MCP Bbc Goodfood runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 328 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.
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Today is the operative word: we check MCP Bbc Goodfood every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 mcp-bbc-goodfood -- npx -y mcp-bbc-goodfood
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bbc-goodfood": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bbc-goodfood"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mcp-bbc-goodfood]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-bbc-goodfood"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bbc-goodfood": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bbc-goodfood"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"mcp-bbc-goodfood": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bbc-goodfood"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
BGF_USER_AGENT (Identify your own client. This project's identifier stays appended, so the site can always reach a human), BGF_MIN_INTERVAL_MS (Minimum milliseconds between requests. Default 1500, floor 1000, ceiling 60000), BGF_TIMEOUT_MS (Deadline for one request, in milliseconds. Default 20000), BGF_MAX_RETRIES (Retries when the site is busy or asks for room. Default 3), BGF_CACHE_TTL_MS (In-memory cache lifetime, in milliseconds. Default 900000. Set 0 to turn it off), BGF_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES (In-memory cache size. Default 200), BGF_LOG_LEVEL (silent, error, info or debug. Default error. Logs go to stderr).
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