Mit Dining MCP Server

An MCP server that provides real-time MIT dining hall menus from all 6 Bon Appétit locations. Ask Claude what's for dinner, filter by dietary needs, plan your meals for the week, or whether if the menus are mid. Its 4 documented tools cluster into read & search, filter. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting this server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-03-15 · ★ 2 · #660 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

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01 · Install Mit Dining

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add hongnoul-mit-dining-mcp -- npx -y mit-dining-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hongnoul-mit-dining-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mit-dining-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use

npm package mit-dining-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.hongnoul is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Mit Dining can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 4 documented tools across read & search, filter, including get_todays_menus, get_hall_menu, get_weekly_menus, filter_menus_by_diet.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Mit Dining lets an agent do.

read & search

3 tools - e.g. All 6 halls, today's menus; Single hall, optional date; 7-day lookahead for one hall

get_todays_menus · get_hall_menu · get_weekly_menus

Filter

1 tool - e.g. Filter by dietary preference

filter_menus_by_diet

04 · Who maintains Mit Dining

mit-dining is maintained by hongnoul. We track 2 MCP servers from hongnoul - 2 actively maintained, 80 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from hongnoul.

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05 · Facts

repository: github.com/hongnoul/mit-dining-mcp
category: other - ranked #660 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.hongnoul/mit-dining (active, first published 2026-03-15)
packages: npm:mit-dining-mcp

06 · Mit Dining FAQ

Is Mit Dining still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-03-15. We re-verify nightly.

What can Mit Dining do?

An agent gets 4 documented tools across read & search, filter, including get_todays_menus, get_hall_menu, get_weekly_menus, filter_menus_by_diet.

How do I install Mit Dining?

Run `npx -y mit-dining-mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Mit Dining run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Mit Dining

Alternatives to Mit Dining

Maintained other servers if Mit Dining isn't the fit.

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