# get_todays_meal_plans

Get today's meal plans from Mealie.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_todays_meal_plans`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/get-todays-meal-plans

## Facts

- Tool: `get_todays_meal_plans`
- Server: Mealie MCP Server (`nikopol666/mealie-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/nikopol666/mealie-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_todays_meal_plans",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_todays_meal_plans is rated Low

This tool retrieves meal plan information for the current day. The verb 'get' and lack of any modification language ('create', 'update', 'delete') clearly indicate a read-only operation. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—exposing meal plan data poses no destructive, financial, or execution risks to the system. This falls squarely into the Read category.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_todays_meal_plans' and description 'Get today's meal plans from Mealie' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call get_todays_meal_plans 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mealie MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_todays_meal_plans": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mealie MCP Server (242)

- `bulk_delete_recipes` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/bulk-delete-recipes.md
- `delete_admin_backup` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-admin-backup.md
- `delete_admin_group` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-admin-group.md
- `delete_admin_household` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-admin-household.md
- `delete_admin_user` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-admin-user.md
- `delete_category` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-category.md
- `delete_comment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-comment.md
- `delete_cookbook` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-cookbook.md
- `delete_food` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-food.md
- `delete_group_label` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-group-label.md
- `delete_group_report` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-group-report.md
- `delete_household_notification` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-household-notification.md
- `delete_household_webhook` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-household-webhook.md
- `delete_meal_plan_entry` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-meal-plan-entry.md
- `delete_meal_plan_rule` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-meal-plan-rule.md
- `delete_recipe` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-recipe.md
- `delete_recipe_action` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-recipe-action.md
- `delete_recipe_image` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-recipe-image.md
- `delete_recipe_timeline_event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-recipe-timeline-event.md
- `delete_recipe_tool` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-recipe-tool.md
- `delete_shared_recipe_record` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-shared-recipe-record.md
- `delete_shopping_item` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-shopping-item.md
- `delete_shopping_items` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-shopping-items.md
- `delete_shopping_list` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-shopping-list.md
- `delete_tag` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-tag.md
- `delete_unit` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-unit.md
- `delete_user_api_token` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-user-api-token.md
- `delete_user_favorite` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/delete-user-favorite.md
- `purge_recipe_exports` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/purge-recipe-exports.md
- `remove_recipe_from_shopping_list` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp/remove-recipe-from-shopping-list.md
- …and 212 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/nikopol666-mealie-mcp.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=nikopol666-mealie-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/nikopol666-mealie-mcp