How do I install Alchm Kitchen?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Alchm Kitchen need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: MCP_USER_API_KEY, ALCHM_MCP_USER_API_KEY, DATABASE_URL, ALCHM_MCP_MODE, ALCHM_MCP_REMOTE_URL, ALCHM_MCP_BACKEND_URL.

What transport does Alchm Kitchen use?

Alchm Kitchen runs locally over stdio.

When was Alchm Kitchen last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-15. 14 culinary, thermodynamic & astrological tools: cauldron, transits, recipes, synastry & swaps.

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npx -y @alchm/[email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

MCP_USER_API_KEY — Optional alchm.kitchen API key (mint at https://alchm.kitchen/profile/api-keys). Without DATABASE_URL the server forwards each call to the hosted endpoint, which validates the key and applies billing. Without a key, read tools run locally in demo mode; reflection publication requires a key.
ALCHM_MCP_USER_API_KEY — Alias for MCP_USER_API_KEY, supported in sanitized Planetary Agents client environments.
DATABASE_URL — Operator-only PostgreSQL connection string. Setting it runs the tools in-process and validates keys and ESMS billing locally; leave it unset to use the hosted service (with a key) or demo mode (without).
ALCHM_MCP_MODE — Optional. auto (the default): with an API key and no DATABASE_URL the server forwards to the hosted endpoint, otherwise it runs in-process. remote: always forward to the hosted endpoint, even if an unrelated DATABASE_URL is set in the environment (needs MCP_USER_API_KEY). local: always run in-process (with a key and no DATABASE_URL, tool calls still go to the hosted REST endpoint under ALCHM_MCP_BACKEND_URL).
ALCHM_MCP_REMOTE_URL — Optional. The hosted MCP endpoint a key-only install forwards to, and the place your API key is sent: set it only to a host you trust. Defaults to https://alchm.kitchen/api/mcp; must be https (http is accepted only for localhost).
ALCHM_MCP_BACKEND_URL — Backend origin serving /api/astrologize. Bundled artifacts default to https://alchm.kitchen; source runs default to http://localhost:3000. It is also where the in-process server sends a keyed tool call when it has no database (ALCHM_MCP_MODE=local), so it is where your API key goes then: https, or http only for localhost, 127.0.0.1 and [::1], without credentials, a query string or a fragment.

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1MCP_USER_API_KEY=<secret> ALCHM_MCP_USER_API_KEY=<secret> DATABASE_URL=<secret> ALCHM_MCP_MODE=<value> ALCHM_MCP_REMOTE_URL=<value> ALCHM_MCP_BACKEND_URL=<value> claude mcp add io.github.gregcastro23-alchm-kitchen -- npx -y @alchm/mcp-server@1.6.0

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.gregcastro23-alchm-kitchen": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "@alchm/[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "MCP_USER_API_KEY": "<secret>",11        "ALCHM_MCP_USER_API_KEY": "<secret>",12        "DATABASE_URL": "<secret>",13        "ALCHM_MCP_MODE": "<value>",14        "ALCHM_MCP_REMOTE_URL": "<value>",15        "ALCHM_MCP_BACKEND_URL": "<value>"16      }17    }18  }19}

claude_desktop_config.json

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How do I install Alchm Kitchen?

Does Alchm Kitchen need an API key?

What transport does Alchm Kitchen use?

When was Alchm Kitchen last checked?