random-food-joke

Fetches a random food-related joke to delight users with funny culinary humor. This is a production-ready MCP server providing a simple API for deliciously funny food jokes.

Installation

Using npx (recommended):

npx @dennisk2025/random-food-joke

Or install locally:

npm install @dennisk2025/random-food-joke

You can then run it with:

npx random-food-joke

Adding to Claude Desktop

To use this MCP server with Claude Desktop, add the following to your Claude Desktop config file:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS)
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

Add this JSON under the "mcpServers" section (create the section if it doesn't exist):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foodjoke": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@dennisk2025/random-food-joke"]
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

Available Tools

• get-random-food-joke
  • Description: Returns a random joke related to food, including the joke text and, if available, its source.
  • Parameters: None

Example Tool Call

Call the tool with no parameters:

{
  "name": "get-random-food-joke",
  "arguments": {}
}

Example Response

{
  "joke": "Why did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing!",
  "source": "Foodish API"
}

Tool Reference

get-random-food-joke

• Description: Returns a random joke related to food, including the joke text and, if available, its source.
• Input Schema:

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "required": []
}

• Returns: Object with fields:
  • joke: string (the joke text)
  • source: string (optional; the author or API source)

Support

Please use the foodish-api.com joke endpoint for API jokes. If there are network issues or you encounter an error, please try again. This MCP server is production-ready and suitable for both fun and development use!