`search_recipes`

Pack: edamam · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/edamam/mcp

Search Edamam’s recipe database by keyword with optional diet, health, and cuisine filters. Returns recipes with calories, time, servings, and ingredient lists. Example: search_recipes({ query: “chicken curry”, health: “gluten-free”, limit: 5 })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Recipe search keywords, e.g. “chicken curry”, “vegan brownies”
`diet`	string	no	Optional diet filter, e.g. “balanced”, “high-protein”, “low-carb”, “low-fat”
`health`	string	no	Optional health label filter, e.g. “gluten-free”, “vegan”, “vegetarian”, “peanut-free”
`cuisine`	string	no	Optional cuisine type filter, e.g. “italian”, “mexican”, “indian”, “japanese”
`limit`	number	no	Maximum recipes to return (default 10)
`_apiKey`	string	no	Optional Edamam credentials (comma-separated nutrition,recipe,food pairs of app_id:app_key). Omit to use the platform key.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "chicken curry",
  "health": "gluten-free",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/edamam/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_recipes","arguments":{"query":"chicken curry","health":"gluten-free","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_recipes', {
  "query": "chicken curry",
  "health": "gluten-free",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "query": "vegan brownies",
  "diet": "high-protein"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edamam": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/edamam/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_recipes