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MCP server setup

The LoopSkill MCP server gives any MCP-aware agent six dedicated tools — search, detail, trending, install, install_meta_skill, and stats. Same script, different client config. Cross-vendor: works in Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Continue.dev, Zed, OpenClaw, Hermes, and Windsurf with the same JSON shape.

What MCP unlocks

What you can do with this

Once LoopSkill is wired in as an MCP server, your agent can search the skill catalog, fetch full skill documentation, browse trending installs, and install a skill — all from inside a conversation, without you touching a terminal. Ask your agent "find me an SEO audit skill" and it calls recipes_search, reads the results, installs the winner with recipes_install, and reports back — one turn of conversation, zero copy-paste. The same works for bundle syncs: a Pro+ agent can call recipes_install_meta_skill to bootstrap a full bundle on a new machine in under 60 seconds.

Why ours

Cross-vendor, one config. The same recipes_mcp_server.py works in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue, Zed, OpenClaw, Hermes, and Windsurf. Single-vendor MCP marketplaces can't give you this — vendor lock-in is their business model. Ours is the opposite.
Six dedicated tools, not a REST wrapper. recipes_search, recipes_detail, recipes_trending, recipes_install, recipes_install_meta_skill, recipes_stats. The agent gets verbs it can reason about — not raw HTTP calls it has to construct and error-handle itself.
Signed tarballs with SHA256 verification. Every skill tarball is signed at publish time and verified on install. A tampered tarball is detected before it touches your skills directory — the agent rejects it and retries.
Bundle-scoped keys (Pro+). Give a client's agent a key scoped to a specific bundle — it installs exactly your chosen skills, nothing else in your private catalog. Coming Q2 2026 with the full bundle deployment flow.

1. Install the server

pip install fastmcp httpx
git clone https://github.com/wisechef-ai/recipes-mcp.git ~/recipes-mcp

2. Get an API key

Sign in at recipes.wisechef.ai/library and generate one. Every install needs a key — including free-tier skills (free signup gives a free key). Premium skills need Pro ($20/mo) or above. Pro+ ($100/mo) adds up to 200 bundles (vs 10 on Pro), the ability to deploy pre-built bundles directly to your clients' agents, and per-bundle scoped API keys.

3. Configure your client

Claude Desktop

File: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recipes": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/recipes-mcp/recipes_mcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "RECIPES_API_KEY": "rec_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Settings → MCP → Add new global MCP server. Paste the same JSON shape; Cursor reads it as ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

Cline (VS Code extension)

Open the Cline panel → Settings (gear icon) → MCP Servers → Edit Configuration. Same JSON shape as Claude Desktop.

Continue.dev

File: ~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "recipes",
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/recipes_mcp_server.py"],
      "env": { "RECIPES_API_KEY": "rec_live_..." }
    }
  ]
}

Zed

File: ~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "recipes": {
      "command": {
        "path": "python",
        "args": ["/absolute/path/to/recipes_mcp_server.py"],
        "env": { "RECIPES_API_KEY": "rec_live_..." }
      }
    }
  }
}

4. Restart your client

Then ask your agent: "Search the recipes marketplace for an SEO audit skill." The agent will call recipes_search and report results.

Tools exposed

recipes_search — full-text + tier + category filter, returns compact JSON
recipes_detail — fetch full SKILL.md before installing (free, no key)
recipes_trending — top installs by day/week/month
recipes_install — download, SHA256-verify, tar-slip-safe extract
recipes_install_meta_skill — drop the master meta-skill into the agent's skills dir
recipes_stats — public marketplace transparency stats

Custom install dir

By default, recipes_install writes to ~/.claude/skills/<slug>/. Override with RECIPES_INSTALL_DIR env var (e.g. ~/.codex/skills for Codex, ./skills for project-local installs in Cursor or Cline).

Source: github.com/wisechef-ai/recipes-mcp · MIT license · Issues + PRs welcome.