fmgf-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI assistants search findmeglutenfree.com for gluten-free restaurants and businesses near a given coordinate pair.

Features

• Searches findmeglutenfree.com/search with filter options similar to those available in the website's UI
• Accepts lat and lng coordinates directly — use your AI model or another geocoding source to convert an address to coordinates before calling the tool
• Optional login support to unlock Max Distance filtering and Last Reviewed sorting (credentials provided via environment variables)
• Returns structured results: name, URL, star rating, review count, address, distance, price/category, dedicated-GF status, GF menu items, and a featured review snippet

Installation

Requires Node.js ≥ 18 for npx to work.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findmeglutenfree": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@skylerwlewis/fmgf-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code / Copilot Chat

Add to your .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace, or your user-level mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "findmeglutenfree": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@skylerwlewis/fmgf-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

With Login Credentials

Some features require a findmeglutenfree.com account (see Optional Login). Pass your credentials as environment variables:

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findmeglutenfree": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@skylerwlewis/fmgf-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FMGF_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
        "FMGF_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code / Copilot Chat

{
  "servers": {
    "findmeglutenfree": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@skylerwlewis/fmgf-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FMGF_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
        "FMGF_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Security note: These config files are local and not transmitted anywhere by the MCP framework. Treat them like any config file containing secrets — do not commit them to a public repository.

Search Tool

The server exposes one tool: search

Parameters

These parameters match the filter fields on findmeglutenfree.com/search as closely as possible.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | q | string | No | — | What are you looking for? (Optional) — e.g. "pizza", "Thai food", "bakery" | | lat | number | Yes | — | Latitude in decimal degrees from -90 to 90. | | lng | number | Yes | — | Longitude in decimal degrees from -180 to 180. | | business_type | enum | No | "Chains and Local Businesses" | "Chains and Local Businesses" or "Local Businesses Only" | | gluten_free_filter | enum | No | "Show All Businesses" | "Show All Businesses" · "Dedicated Gluten-Free" · "Gluten-Free Menus" · "Most Celiac Friendly" | | sort | enum | No | "Best Match" | "Best Match" · "Rating" · "Distance" · "Last Reviewed" (requires login) | | max_distance | integer (miles) | No | — | Maximum search radius in miles (requires login). UI presets: 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 — any positive integer accepted. |

Both lat and lng are required for every search. If you only have a street address or city name, ask your AI model to convert it to decimal coordinates first.

Optional Login

Some features require a findmeglutenfree.com account:

• Max Distance filtering (max_distance parameter)
• Last Reviewed sorting (sort: "Last Reviewed")

Credentials are passed as environment variables (see Installation above). The server reads them at startup, logs in automatically, and stores the session cookie for all subsequent searches within the same process.

| Variable | Description | |---|---| | FMGF_USERNAME | Your findmeglutenfree.com account email address | | FMGF_PASSWORD | Your findmeglutenfree.com account password |

Both variables must be set together. If only one is provided, or if login fails, the server continues running — only the login-gated features will be unavailable.

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run directly with tsx (no build step needed)
npm run dev

# Or compile TypeScript and run
npm run build && npm start