Japan Food DB

Name: Japan Food DB
Author: yuki00yossi

by yuki00yossiversion 0.2.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry namedev.toriigate/food-db

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Resolve Japanese food names to nutrition facts. All 2,538 foods from Japan's official tables.

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Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiVery new★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Games, sports, food & learning

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://toriigate.dev/mcp/food-db

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http food-db https://toriigate.dev/mcp/food-db

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "food-db": {
      "url": "https://toriigate.dev/mcp/food-db"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "food-db": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://toriigate.dev/mcp/food-db"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://toriigate.dev/mcp/food-db

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain toriigate.dev (the registry checks domain ownership)
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
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Sign-in with OAuth
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Games, sports, food & learningi

More stars than 0% of the other 1311 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 14% of the other 1311 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1311 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Japan Food DB safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.2.0) reached the registry 4 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

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⛩️ Torii Gate

Japanese data tools for AI agents.

Japan has a wealth of clean, public, factual data — food composition tables, corporate registries, laws, land prices. Almost none of it is usable by AI agents: no clean APIs, Japanese-only interfaces, Excel files behind web forms. Meanwhile, agents worldwide get asked to do Japanese tasks every day.

Torii Gate is the gateway: each dataset becomes a remote MCP server that any agent can discover, connect to, and call.

Tools

Tool	Description	Endpoint
Japan Food DB	Resolve Japanese food names (fuzzy/colloquial forms included) to nutrition facts per 100g, based on the official Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan. Covers foods USDA and Open Food Facts don't.	`/mcp/food-db`

More tools are on the way — corporate registry lookup, invoice registration checks, subsidy search. The platform is manifest-driven: adding a tool is one directory and one registry line.

Connect from an MCP client

Add the remote server to your client (Claude Code example):

claude mcp add --transport http japan-food-db https://toriigate.dev/mcp/food-db

Then ask things like *"「セブンのサラダチキン」的な鶏むね肉のカロリーは?"* — the agent calls search_food / get_nutrition and gets factual data with sources attached.

No API key is needed for the free tier (rate-limited).

Run it yourself

npm install

npm run dev # local dev server on :8787 npm run typecheck

Smoke test:

curl http://localhost:8787/llms.txt

curl -X POST http://localhost:8787/mcp/food-db \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \ -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_food","arguments":{"query":"ごはん"}}}'

Architecture

Cloudflare Workers + Hono + MCP SDK (Streamable HTTP, stateless)
Manifest-driven: each tool lives in src/tools/ / and declares its MCP tools, pricing, and data sources in a manifest. llms.txt and MCP Registry server.json records are generated from manifests — never hand-written.
Funnel metering built in: discovery → connect → call events are recorded for every tool.
Budget-guarded by design: runs on the Workers free plan, whose hard request cap fails closed instead of billing.

Data principles

Records hold facts only — names, numbers, source URL, retrieval date. No copyrighted text or images.
Public/government data forms the base layer; every record carries its source and license.
Every response includes a disclaimer: reference values only, never for medical, allergy, or other critical decisions.
Takedown requests are honored immediately.

Full datasets are imported at deploy time and are not part of this repository.

The experiment

This platform is built and operated almost entirely by AI agents — planning, code, registry publishing, monitoring, and weekly funnel reports — with a human in the loop only for publish/kill approvals and a budget review. It is an open experiment in whether an AI-operated business unit can find real agent-to-agent demand. Funnel numbers and decisions will be published as we go.

License

MIT

Japan Food DB

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 Games, sports, food & learningi

Common questions

Alternatives

iDos Games SDK

Slotlock

Tandoor Recipe MCP

README from the maker

⛩️ Torii Gate

Tools

Connect from an MCP client

Run it yourself

Architecture

Data principles

The experiment

License