# Connect Saucepan to Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients

Saucepan is a remote MCP server at https://getsaucepan.com/mcp. In Claude Code, run claude mcp add --transport http saucepan https://getsaucepan.com/mcp, then run /mcp and choose Saucepan to sign in. In Cursor or another MCP client, add a remote Streamable HTTP server with the same URL. No API key, and it is free.

Updated November 4, 2026 · https://getsaucepan.com/connect/claude-code · Saucepan

The same server works in every MCP client that supports remote servers with OAuth.

## Claude Code

1. Add the server:

   ```sh
   claude mcp add --transport http saucepan https://getsaucepan.com/mcp
   ```

   Add `--scope user` to use it in every project, not only the current one.

2. Start Claude Code, run `/mcp`, and choose **Saucepan**. Or run `claude mcp login saucepan` from your shell.
3. A Saucepan page opens in your browser. Sign in and tap **Allow**.

## Cursor

Add Saucepan to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project, or `.cursor/mcp.json` for one:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "saucepan": { "url": "https://getsaucepan.com/mcp" }
  }
}
```

Cursor opens the Saucepan sign-in the first time it connects.

## Other MCP clients

Snippets for Devin Desktop, Zed, Raycast, Goose, LM Studio and Codex CLI are on [their own page](/connect/mcp-clients). For anything else, add a remote server:

- **Transport:** Streamable HTTP
- **URL:** `https://getsaucepan.com/mcp`
- **Auth:** OAuth. The client finds the sign-in on its own and opens it in your browser.

## Try asking

- "Find a quick gluten-free dinner on Saucepan."
- "Save this to Saucepan: https://…" with a recipe link.
- "Write a weeknight dal for four and save it to Saucepan."
- "What can I make from my pantry?"
- "Add the ingredients for the lemon chicken to my groceries."
- "Find three vegetarian dinners in my saved recipes and put them on Monday, Wednesday and Friday."
- "What's on my meal plan this week?"

## What it can and can't do

Without an account, it can search and read Saucepan's recipe collection: 5,700+ recipes, all with photos, tagged vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, quick and more.

Signed in, it can also:

- save a recipe from a link, one it wrote in the chat, or one from Saucepan's recipe collection,
- search your saved recipes and read your collections,
- see your pantry and tell you what you can make,
- add a recipe's ingredients or single items to your grocery list, and read the list (your household's list, if you share one),
- read your meal plan and add a recipe or a note to a day.

It can't delete anything, see your password, or post anything publicly. It acts as you, so it sees only your account and what people share with you.

## Disconnect

- **Remove the server:** `claude mcp remove saucepan`, or delete it from your client's settings.
- **End the sign-in:** in the Saucepan app, Profile → ChatGPT & Claude. On the web, [getsaucepan.com/app](/app) → account menu → ChatGPT and Claude. The client loses access at once.

## Questions

### Do I need an API key?
No. Saucepan uses OAuth. Your client opens a Saucepan page in the browser, you sign in with Apple, Google or an email code, and tap Allow.

### Is it free?
Yes. The connector is free, and you don't need Saucepan+.

### Which transport does it use?
Streamable HTTP at https://getsaucepan.com/mcp. There is nothing to install or run on your computer.

### What can it do without signing in?
Search and read Saucepan's recipe collection, 5,700+ recipes with photos. Saving recipes, your grocery list, pantry and meal plan need a free Saucepan account.

### Can it change or delete my data?
It can add: save recipes, add grocery items and put a recipe on a day of your meal plan. It can't delete anything, see your password, or post publicly.

### How do I disconnect?
Run claude mcp remove saucepan, or remove it in your client's settings. To end the sign-in itself, open Profile, then ChatGPT & Claude in the Saucepan app, or the account menu, then ChatGPT and Claude at getsaucepan.com/app. The client loses access at once.

### Is my data used to train AI models?
Saucepan never receives your conversation, only each request, such as search words or a link to save. Recipes you save this way are like anything else you keep in Saucepan: the Privacy Policy explains how they can be used to train AI. What your assistant's provider does with your conversations is set by its own terms and your settings there.