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Anymd vs Cook (Cooklang recipes)
In-depth architectural comparison of the Anymd and Cook (Cooklang recipes) MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Anymd
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 69/100 (Great) | Auth: No auth required
Cook (Cooklang recipes)
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 52/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Anymd if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a local process. Choose Cook (Cooklang recipes) if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Anymd when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Document and media evidence when Markdown is not enough. video_timeline (bounded scene/cue timeline) and render_frame (actual decoded frames), and cite_check (quote/location support, not semantic truth), are anymd Pro; PDF operations: inspect (page facts, metadata), render_page (PNG images), extract_regions (crop bounding boxes), ocr_pages / analyze_regions (configured OCR or vision provider), structure (JSON with document map, elements, geometry; profile quality|research adds trust and accessibility reports), compare (page-level diff of sources[0] vs sources[1]).
outline
Return a document heading tree with stable node ids, title paths, page/slide/chapter ranges and Markdown byte ranges. PDF bookmarks or detected headings, Word headings, PowerPoint slides, EPUB chapters and headings, HTML and Markdown. format json (default) or tree. Pass a node id to read to fetch that section.
read
Read any document as clean Markdown: PDF, Word (DOCX), PowerPoint (PPTX), Excel (XLSX/XLS/ODS), CSV, EPUB, HTML or a web URL, Markdown/text, images (metadata + OCR), audio/video (metadata, chapters, subtitles). Pages/slides/sheets carry <!-- page N --> style markers for citation. Long documents stop at max_tokens (default 20000) and end with a cursor to continue; choose pages with pages: "1-5,8". A directory returns its readable files.
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Anymd is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Cook (Cooklang recipes) belongs to Developer Tools using local stdio subprocess. Select Anymd when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and Cook (Cooklang recipes) when you require tools for developer tools.
Search documents for text: one file, many files, whole directories (recursive, .gitignore aware), or URLs, across every format read supports. Returns each hit as file + page/slide/sheet + a snippet with the match in bold. mode auto (default) finds the exact phrase and falls back to BM25-ranked passages when there is none; literal or ranked force one. Narrow directories with glob, e.g. "*.pdf".
Cook (Cooklang recipes) Tools (24)
list_recipes
List recipes, meal plans or report templates (`kind`: recipe, menu, template, all)
read_recipe
Read a recipe or menu: source plus parsed ingredients, cookware, steps and metadata; optional scaling
search_recipes
Search names and contents, optionally filtered by tag
validate
Check a file, a folder, the whole collection, or unsaved content for errors and broken references
write_recipe
Save a `.cook` recipe (validated first)
write_menu
Save a `.menu` meal plan (validated first)
write_config
Save `config/aisle.conf`, `config/pantry.conf`, or a `.jinja` report template under `reports/` or `config/reports/
shopping_list
Build a shopping list from recipes and/or menus: merges duplicates, groups by aisle, subtracts the pantry
pantry_list
Show the pantry, by section
pantry_expiring
Items expiring soon
pantry_depleted
Items at or below their low-stock threshold
pantry_recipes
Which recipes you can cook with what is in the pantry