Use basalfit in your AI assistant

Claude

Claude on the web, desktop and mobile

1. Open Settings → Connectors.
2. Choose Add custom connector, name it basalfit, and paste https://basalfit.com/mcp.
3. In a new chat, turn basalfit on from the tools menu and ask away.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http basalfit https://basalfit.com/mcp

Add -s user to make it available in every project.

ChatGPT

1. Open ChatGPT's settings and find the section for connectors or apps.
2. Create a custom connector with the URL https://basalfit.com/mcp and no authentication.
3. Enable it in a chat. Custom connectors may need a particular plan or developer mode, depending on your account.

Other MCP apps

Editors and agents that support remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) take a config like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basalfit": { "url": "https://basalfit.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Track from your assistant (optional)

To log what you eat by just telling your assistant ("I had 2 eggs and a cup of oats for breakfast"), add https://basalfit.com/mcp/me instead. The first time, it asks you to sign in with Google and allow basalfit to keep its files in your Drive. What you log goes to your own Google Drive, never stored by basalfit, and your devices show it at their next sync.

Tracking tools: log_food, log_recipe, log_water, log_weight, day_summary, log_product (by barcode) and add_product: share a photo of a package your assistant doesn't find, and it reads the barcode and Nutrition Facts for basalfit to check and a moderator to review. See how basalfit uses Google Drive.

Things to ask

• “Find a high-protein vegan dinner without peanuts, under 600 kcal.”
• “How many calories and how much protein are in 150 g chicken breast, 75 g rice and 10 g olive oil?”
• “Give me a gluten-free breakfast with at least 25 g protein.”
• “Which basalfit recipes can I make with chickpeas and spinach?”

For developers

The same data is available as a JSON API. Every endpoint is documented at basalfit.com/api, with anOpenAPI 3.1 spec:

curl "https://basalfit.com/api/v1/recipes?diets=vegan&exclude=peanuts&max_kcal=600"

curl -X POST https://basalfit.com/api/v1/nutrition \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ingredients":[{"name":"chicken breast","quantity":150,"unit":"g"}]}'

Tools on the MCP server: search_recipes, get_recipe, search_foods, get_food, nutrition_for.

Questions

Do I need an account?

No. Searching recipes and calculating nutrition are free and open, in your assistant and on basalfit.com. You'll need to sign in only for personal features like saving recipes or logging meals.

Is it free?

Yes, for personal use. Heavy or commercial use (apps, devices, high-volume agents) will get API keys and paid tiers.

How accurate is the nutrition?

Every number is calculated ingredient by ingredient and rounded the way FDA labels are. Values are estimates; when data for a nutrient is missing we say so instead of counting it as zero. Disclaimer and data sources: basalfit.com/legal.

What do you do with what I ask?

We record searches anonymously, without your IP address, account or device, to learn which recipes and ingredients people are missing. We never sell it or use it for ads.