{"id":"worryzyy-howtocook-mcp","name":"HowToCook-mcp","af_score":51.5,"security_score":24.8,"reliability_score":23.8,"what_it_does":"A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes a recipe/diet assistant backed by the HowToCook dataset, offering tools to query recipes, filter by categories, fetch recipe details, recommend a weekly menu based on constraints (e.g., allergies/avoid items/people count), and generate a menu for today.","best_when":"You want an MCP toolset that can be plugged into an MCP-compatible client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor) to recommend meals using a recipe database.","avoid_when":"You need strict security controls (tenant isolation, signed requests, user-level auth) or you need documented rate-limits, pagination semantics, and robust error/retry/idempotency guarantees.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:25:54.870349+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["README warns that querying all recipes can be problematic due to context size.","No documented rate limits, pagination semantics, or retry/error-handling behavior for each MCP tool."],"error_quality":0.0}