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 <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