# wellness-nourish

Local-first nutrition MCP server for tracking meals, hydration, and looking up food items. It works directly inside your coding agent without external accounts.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 11
- Author: davidmosiah
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davidmosiah/wellness-nourish
- Updated: 2026-10-17
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/wellness-nourish

## What it does

The server connects nutrition logging and food analysis tools to your assistant. It handles barcode lookups, hydration records, and macro estimates from text meal descriptions or photos. Remote lookups query USDA and Open Food Facts, with extra support for the Brazilian TACO 4 table.

Communication defaults to standard input and output (`stdio`). If you prefer a local network service, it supports an optional loopback HTTP mode on `http://127.0.0.1:3000`. User logs and auth tokens never leave your system.

Without network access, the server relies on `NOURISH_FIXTURE_MODE=1` to switch from external APIs to bundled fixture files.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add wellness-nourish -- npx -y wellness-nourish
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add wellness-nourish -- npx -y wellness-nourish
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wellness-nourish": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "wellness-nourish"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "wellness-nourish": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "wellness-nourish"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add wellness-nourish npx -y wellness-nourish
```

## When to use it
- look up nutritional data using product barcodes
- log meals and water consumption without cloud accounts
- estimate macros from text food descriptions
- test nutrition workflows offline using built-in fixtures

## Example prompts
- Search the nutrition database for raw oats and show macro values.
- Log two scrambled eggs, a banana, and black coffee for breakfast.
- Look up barcode 011110038334 and calculate the calories for one serving.

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