get_recipe_tool

What get_recipe_tool does on Mealie MCP Server

AI agents call get_recipe_tool 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 get_recipe_tool is rated Low

This tool retrieves data about a recipe tool or utensil without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and fits the Read category (retrieves data; no side effects). The severity is low because unauthorized access to recipe tool metadata poses minimal risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_recipe_tool' and description 'Get a Mealie recipe tool/utensil by ID' indicate retrieval of an existing recipe tool/utensil record by identifier. The verb 'Get' and lack of any modification language confirm this is a read-only operation.

The rule that runs get_recipe_tool 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 get_recipe_tool, this is the rule to start with:

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

Questions about get_recipe_tool