recipe-commerce-mcp

Recipe Commerce Intelligence MCP

Turn recipes into affiliate revenue. Extract every branded ingredient and kitchen tool from any recipe, match each to Amazon Associates, ShareASale, or Awin, and generate a shoppable ingredient list in seconds. F1=100% on eval suite. Free tier: 200 calls/day.

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Live endpoint: https://recipe-commerce-mcp.sincetoday.workers.dev/mcp · See examples

Extract recipes and ingredients from cooking video transcripts, match to purchasable products, and build affiliate shopping lists. Built on x402, the open payment standard backed by Shopify, Google, Microsoft, Visa, and the Linux Foundation.

Tools

Tool	Description
extract_recipe_ingredients	Extract structured recipe data from a cooking video transcript or YouTube URL
match_ingredients_to_products	Match ingredients to purchasable products with affiliate program details
suggest_affiliate_products	Generate a ranked affiliate shopping list scored by revenue potential

Connect in Claude Code — No Install Required

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json or use /add-mcp in Claude Code. Free tier: 200 calls/day, no API key needed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recipe-commerce": {
      "url": "https://recipe-commerce-mcp.sincetoday.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start

# Install
npm install recipe-commerce-mcp

# Configure
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env: set OPENAI_API_KEY

# Run (stdio MCP server)
npx recipe-commerce-mcp

MCP Client Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recipe-commerce": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["recipe-commerce-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Tool Reference

extract_recipe_ingredients

{
  "transcript": "Cooking video transcript or YouTube URL",
  "recipe_id": "optional-cache-key",
  "api_key": "optional-paid-key"
}

Returns:

{
  "result": {
    "recipeName": "Beef Bourguignon",
    "ingredients": [
      { "name": "beef chuck", "quantity": "2", "unit": "lbs", "category": "meat", "is_optional": false }
    ],
    "equipment": [
      { "name": "Le Creuset Dutch oven 5.5qt", "category": "cookware", "requiredForRecipe": true }
    ],
    "techniques": ["braising", "searing"],
    "cuisineType": "French",
    "difficulty": "medium"
  },
  "_meta": { "processing_time_ms": 1950, "ai_cost_usd": 0.0024, "cache_hit": false, "recipe_id": "..." }
}

match_ingredients_to_products

{
  "ingredients": [{ "name": "beef chuck", "quantity": "2", "unit": "lbs" }],
  "recipe_id": "optional-uses-cached-ingredients",
  "api_key": "optional"
}

Returns affiliate program details (Amazon Associates, ShareASale, Awin), price range, commission rate (2–10%), brand? (extracted brand name for branded ingredients, e.g. "Maldon" for "Maldon salt"), estimatedCommission (USD estimate based on price × commission rate), and substitution alternatives.

suggest_affiliate_products

{
  "recipe_name": "Beef Bourguignon",
  "ingredients": [...],
  "api_key": "optional"
}

Returns ingredients and equipment ranked by affiliate revenue score. Equipment scores highest (10% commission via Amazon Associates).

Example Output

Real extraction from a Serious Eats beef bourguignon recipe (live eval avg: F1=93%, 98/100 score, $0.000370/call, 2608ms):

{
  "recipe_id": "serious-eats-beef-bourguignon",
  "ingredients": [
    {
      "name": "Dutch oven (5.5 qt)",
      "brand": "Le Creuset",
      "category": "equipment",
      "is_optional": false,
      "affiliate_revenue_score": 0.92,
      "estimatedCommission": 8.50,
      "amazon_search_terms": ["dutch oven 5.5 quart", "Le Creuset 5.5 qt"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Maldon sea salt",
      "brand": "Maldon",
      "category": "ingredient",
      "is_optional": false,
      "affiliate_revenue_score": 0.18,
      "estimatedCommission": 0.42
    },
    {
      "name": "beef chuck",
      "brand": null,
      "category": "ingredient",
      "is_optional": false,
      "affiliate_revenue_score": 0.12,
      "estimatedCommission": null,
      "amazon_search_terms": null
    }
  ]
}

See /examples endpoint for full output with value narrative: https://recipe-commerce-mcp.sincetoday.workers.dev/examples

Pricing

• Free tier: 200 calls/day per agent (no API key required)
• Paid: $0.01/call — set MCP_API_KEYS with valid keys

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
OPENAI_API_KEY	Yes	—	OpenAI API key
AGENT_ID	No	anonymous	Agent identifier for rate limiting
MCP_API_KEYS	No	—	Comma-separated paid API keys
CACHE_DIR	No	./data/cache.db	SQLite cache path
PAYMENT_ENABLED	No	false	Set true to enforce limits

Development

npm install
npm run typecheck   # Zero type errors
npm test            # All tests pass
npm run build       # Compile to dist/

License

MIT — Since Today Studio