Recall Kitchen MCP Server

Go client and examples for Recall Kitchen MCP. Recall Kitchen searches U.S. CPSC, FDA food, FDA MedWatch, USDA, and NHTSA vehicle recalls. Its 6 documented tools cover product, recalls. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with product and recalls and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in Go.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-15 · ★ 2 · #270 OF 304 MAINTAINED MEMORY · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · Go servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Recall Kitchen

before you install - you'll need

RK_API_KEY

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Claude Code

claude mcp add recall-kitchen-rk-mcp --transport http https://app.recallkitchen.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recall-kitchen-rk-mcp": {
      "url": "https://app.recallkitchen.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://app.recallkitchen.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-18

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to app.recallkitchen.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry registry publisher io.github.adamdecaf is not the repo owner (recall-kitchen) - the registry entry was published by someone else

03 · What Recall Kitchen can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 6 documented tools spanning product, recalls, including search_product_recalls, search_recalls_by_identifier, search_product_recalls_by_upc, lookup_product.

The 6 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Recall Kitchen lets an agent do.

search_product_recalls: - Keyword search. Optional source, since/until (YYYY-MM-DD), location, offset, limit (1–100, default 3).
search_recalls_by_identifier: - Exact UPC, lot, model, extracted product name, or VIN (local year/make decode for NHTSA).
search_product_recalls_by_upc: - Look up a UPC and match extracted recall UPCs. found=false if unknown.
lookup_product: - Catalog / USDA branded-food info. Does not search recalls.
search_product_recalls_from_image: - Public HTTPS URL, data:image/...;base64 URI, or MCP image content. No local file paths.
get_product_recall: - Full description and extracted lots, UPCs, models, locations, contacts, image URLs.

Latest releases

v0.3.0 · 2026-07-30

x402 payment support for paid MCP tools (search_product_recalls) · Accept EVMPrivateKey in client Config (in addition to env var) · Support connecting without x402 configured; expose ErrX402NotConfigured · Defer…

04 · Who maintains Recall Kitchen

Recall Kitchen is maintained by recall-kitchen. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/recall-kitchen/rk-mcp
website: https://recallkitchen.com/docs/
category: memory - ranked #270 of 304 actively-maintained memory servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 1 release in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-30)
registry: io.github.adamdecaf/recall-kitchen (active, first published 2026-09-03 · 2 versions)

06 · Recall Kitchen FAQ

Is Recall Kitchen still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-15 and it shipped 1 release in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Recall Kitchen do?

An agent gets 6 documented tools spanning product, recalls, including search_product_recalls, search_recalls_by_identifier, search_product_recalls_by_upc, lookup_product.

How do I install Recall Kitchen?

Run `claude mcp add recall-kitchen-rk-mcp --transport http https://app.recallkitchen.com/mcp`. The README documents one environment variable (RK_API_KEY) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Recall Kitchen require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-18; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Recall Kitchen

Alternatives to Recall Kitchen

Maintained memory servers if Recall Kitchen isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Recall Kitchen doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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