Tabular Recipe
Turn any recipe into a compact process table — every ingredient and step at a glance.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
An API key from the service settings is required
Turn any recipe into a compact process table — every ingredient and step at a glance.
How to connect
How to connect Tabular Recipe to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://api.tabularrecipe.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect Tabular Recipe to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://api.tabularrecipe.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect Tabular Recipe to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://api.tabularrecipe.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (8)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| parse_recipe | Parse recipe prose into a validated rgf/0-draft operation graph. Costs credits; fetch /v1/pricing first. |
| render_recipe | Validate and render an rgf/0-draft document as escaped, self-contained HTML. Free; spends no model credits. |
| convert_recipe | Parse recipe prose and render the validated graph as self-contained HTML in one call. Costs credits; fetch /v1/pricing first. |
| list_styles | List every available visual theme with its name, description, color swatches, and depth ramp. Free; spends no model credits. |
| get_usage | Read the calling key's current credit balance, today's allowance state, and aggregated usage. Free; use before a paid batch. |
| create_checkout | Create a Stripe-hosted checkout for a credit bundle without an API key. Returns a checkout URL and a secret one-time claim token. A human approves payment in Stripe; never expose or put the claim token in a URL. |
| checkout_status | Check whether an agent-created Stripe checkout is pending, paid, claimed, or expired. Requires its sessionId and secret claimToken, but no API key. |
| claim_checkout | Exchange a paid agent checkout plus its secret claim token for a new API key. The key is returned once; store it immediately. |