download_recipe_export

What download_recipe_export does on Mealie MCP Server

AI agents call download_recipe_export to retrieve information from Mealie MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why download_recipe_export is rated Low

This tool retrieves and exports recipe data in base64-encoded format. It performs a read operation with no side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or irreversibly changed. The export is a snapshot of existing recipes presented in an encoded format suitable for transfer or storage. This is a standard data export/retrieval function with minimal blast radius if misused (e.g., downloading personal recipes).

From the tool's definition Tool name 'download_recipe_export' and description 'Download a bulk recipe export as base64 content' indicate data retrieval. The base64 content is encoding existing data for transfer, not modifying or deleting it.

The rule that runs download_recipe_export safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mealie MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For download_recipe_export, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "download_recipe_export": {}
  }
}

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