Mit Dining

Name: Mit Dining
Author: hongnoul

by hongnoulversion 1.0.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.hongnoul/mit-dining

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

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

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
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Install

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Before you install

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You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

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Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

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

Run this in your terminal

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

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Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

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Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "mit-dining": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mit-dining-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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Is Mit Dining safe?

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Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.1) reached the registry 8 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

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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

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

Node.js

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

Deno

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

From source

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 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

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License

MIT

Mit Dining

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

NexusWindows

README from the maker

mit-dining-mcp

Install

From source

Tools

Parameters

Dining halls

Examples

Discord Bot

iOS Shortcut

Google Calendar Sync

How it works

Requirements

License