Mit Dining

Real-time MIT dining hall menus with dietary filtering across all 6 halls

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

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Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

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

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

mit-dining-mcp

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.

Install

Pick whichever runtime you have:

Bun

Terminal

claude mcp add mit-dining -- bunx mit-dining-mcp

Node.js

Terminal

claude mcp add mit-dining -- npx mit-dining-mcp

Deno

Terminal

claude mcp add mit-dining -- deno run -A npm:mit-dining-mcp

From source

bash

git clone https://github.com/hongnoul/mit-dining-mcp.git
cd mit-dining-mcp
npm install  # or bun install
claude mcp add mit-dining -- npx tsx src/index.ts

Tools

Tool	Description	Example prompt
`get_todays_menus`	All 6 halls, today's menus	"What's for dinner at MIT tonight?"
`get_hall_menu`	Single hall, optional date	"What's on the menu at Maseeh tomorrow?"
`get_weekly_menus`	7-day lookahead for one hall	"What's the menu at Simmons this week?"
`filter_menus_by_diet`	Filter by dietary preference	"Find vegan options at Next House"

Parameters

get_hall_menu

hall (required): baker, maseeh, mccormick, new-vassar, next-house, simmons
date (optional): YYYY-MM-DD format

get_weekly_menus

hall (required): same as above

filter_menus_by_diet

diet (required): vegetarian, vegan, halal, kosher, gluten-free
hall (optional): limit to one hall
date (optional): YYYY-MM-DD format

Dining halls

Key	Name
`baker`	Baker Dining
`maseeh`	The Howard Dining Hall at Maseeh
`mccormick`	McCormick Dining
`new-vassar`	New Vassar Dining
`next-house`	Next Dining
`simmons`	Simmons Dining

Examples

Discord Bot

A ready-to-run Discord bot with /dinner, /menu, and /diet slash commands. See examples/discord-bot for setup instructions.

iOS Shortcut

A tiny HTTP server that returns Siri-friendly plain text. Point an iOS Shortcut at it to ask "Hey Siri, what's for dinner at MIT?" See examples/ios-shortcut.

Google Calendar Sync

A script that creates calendar events for each meal period with the full menu in the description. Run it on a cron to keep your week synced. See examples/gcal-sync.

How it works

MIT's dining is run by Bon Appétit, whose website embeds structured menu data (Bamco.menu_items and Bamco.dayparts) as JSON in <script> tags. This server scrapes and parses that data — no API key needed.

Menus are cached in-memory for 1 hour to avoid repeated requests.

Requirements

One of:

Node.js 18+
Bun
Deno 2+

License

MIT

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "mit-dining": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mit-dining"] } }

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Mit Dining

Real-time MIT dining hall menus with dietary filtering across all 6 halls

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

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

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

mit-dining-mcp

Install

Pick whichever runtime you have:

Bun

Terminal

claude mcp add mit-dining -- bunx mit-dining-mcp

Node.js

Terminal

claude mcp add mit-dining -- npx mit-dining-mcp

Deno

Terminal

claude mcp add mit-dining -- deno run -A npm:mit-dining-mcp

From source

bash

git clone https://github.com/hongnoul/mit-dining-mcp.git
cd mit-dining-mcp
npm install  # or bun install
claude mcp add mit-dining -- npx tsx src/index.ts

Tools

Tool	Description	Example prompt
`get_todays_menus`	All 6 halls, today's menus	"What's for dinner at MIT tonight?"
`get_hall_menu`	Single hall, optional date	"What's on the menu at Maseeh tomorrow?"
`get_weekly_menus`	7-day lookahead for one hall	"What's the menu at Simmons this week?"
`filter_menus_by_diet`	Filter by dietary preference	"Find vegan options at Next House"

Parameters

get_hall_menu

hall (required): baker, maseeh, mccormick, new-vassar, next-house, simmons
date (optional): YYYY-MM-DD format

get_weekly_menus

hall (required): same as above

filter_menus_by_diet

diet (required): vegetarian, vegan, halal, kosher, gluten-free
hall (optional): limit to one hall
date (optional): YYYY-MM-DD format

Dining halls

Key	Name
`baker`	Baker Dining
`maseeh`	The Howard Dining Hall at Maseeh
`mccormick`	McCormick Dining
`new-vassar`	New Vassar Dining
`next-house`	Next Dining
`simmons`	Simmons Dining

Examples

Discord Bot

A ready-to-run Discord bot with /dinner, /menu, and /diet slash commands. See examples/discord-bot for setup instructions.

iOS Shortcut

A tiny HTTP server that returns Siri-friendly plain text. Point an iOS Shortcut at it to ask "Hey Siri, what's for dinner at MIT?" See examples/ios-shortcut.

Google Calendar Sync

A script that creates calendar events for each meal period with the full menu in the description. Run it on a cron to keep your week synced. See examples/gcal-sync.

How it works

Menus are cached in-memory for 1 hour to avoid repeated requests.

Requirements

One of:

Node.js 18+
Bun
Deno 2+

License

MIT

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mit Dining

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "mit-dining": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mit-dining"] } }

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Adoption & activity1/15

Community engagement0/10

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