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MCP Ptitchef MCP Server

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MCP Ptitchef runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 493 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Search Ptitchef recipes, read one, and rescale it to any servings. No API key.

Installs per day peak 51 · avg 19 · +21% w/w
a month agotoday
493
Installs / week
npm · mcp-ptitchef
0
Stars
1 open issue
2 Nov 2026
Last commit
4 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-ptitchef -- npx -y mcp-ptitchef
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ptitchef": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ptitchef"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-ptitchef]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-ptitchef"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ptitchef": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ptitchef"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-ptitchef": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ptitchef"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: PTC_USER_AGENT (Identify your own client. This project's identifier stays appended, so the site can always reach a human), PTC_MIN_INTERVAL_MS (Minimum milliseconds between requests. Default 1500, floor 1000, ceiling 60000), PTC_TIMEOUT_MS (Deadline for one request, in milliseconds. Default 20000), PTC_MAX_RETRIES (Retries when the site is busy or asks for room. Default 3), PTC_CACHE_TTL_MS (In-memory cache lifetime, in milliseconds. Default 900000. Set 0 to turn it off), PTC_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES (In-memory cache size. Default 200), PTC_MAX_BODY_BYTES (The most one page may run to before the read is abandoned. Default 8000000), PTC_BUDGET_MS (The whole of the time one read may take, retries included. Default 60000), PTC_LOG_LEVEL (silent, error, info or debug. Default error. Logs go to stderr).

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MCP Ptitchef — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Ptitchef?
MCP Ptitchef 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 mcp-ptitchef was installed 493 times last week.
How do I connect MCP Ptitchef?
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 mcp-ptitchef straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Ptitchef?
The npm package mcp-ptitchef was installed 493 times in the last week. Week over week that is +21%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP Ptitchef open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.