Mit Dining
Query live MIT dining hall menus with dietary filters across six halls from inside your agent.
Overview
io.github.hongnoul/mit-dining is a MCP server for the Build phase that serves real-time MIT dining hall menus with dietary filtering across six halls.
What is this MCP server?
- Real-time menus across all 6 MIT dining halls
- Dietary filtering for faster meal planning queries
- Stdio npm package mit-dining-mcp (v1.0.1)
- Source on GitHub at hongnoul/mit-dining-mcp
- Lightweight campus data feed for agent workflows
- Server version 1.0.1
- Covers 6 MIT dining halls
- npm package identifier mit-dining-mcp
Community signal: 2 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Campus builders repeatedly scrape or open dining sites manually when they want menu-aware agent features or meal-planning side projects.
Who is it for?
MIT community members and MCP learners who want a simple real-world menu data integration in Claude Code or Cursor.
Skip if: Non-MIT builders or anyone needing national restaurant chains, reservations, or nutrition compliance at enterprise scale.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After install, your agent can return filtered, hall-specific menu data on demand for scripts, bots, or personal apps.
- Live menu results per MIT dining hall
- Dietary-filtered menu views for agent-driven meal planning
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Journey fit
This is a narrow third-party data MCP you wire into an agent or side project, which is classic Build integrations work. It exposes structured menu data via MCP tools rather than validating a business idea or operating production SaaS metrics.
How it compares
Campus-specific menu data MCP, not a meal-delivery marketplace or generic nutrition database server.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is mit-dining for?
MIT students and developers building agent or CLI tools that need current dining hall menus with dietary filters.
When should I use mit-dining?
Use it while building integrations or campus utilities when live menu lookup should live inside your agent workflow.
How do I add mit-dining to my agent?
Install mit-dining-mcp from npm (v1.0.1), register the stdio MCP server in your agent config, and invoke menu tools from your client.