# `io.github.theluckystrike/cups-to-grams-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/cups-to-grams-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/cups-to-grams-mcp
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.theluckystrike (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/theluckystrike/cups-to-grams-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-30T01:17:37.520Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Cups to Grams
Cups to grams for 271 ingredients with USDA and King Arthur densities, recipe scaling, oven temps.
```

Scanned 2026-10-30T01:18:16.877Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 3 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__cups-to-grams__search_ingredients` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `convert_ingredient` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "convert_ingredient" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "convert_ingredient" says "convert": a word for a change.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `convert_oven_temperature` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "convert_oven_temperature" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "convert_oven_temperature" says "convert": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (3)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `convert_ingredient`

- The name "convert_ingredient" says "convert": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Converts a kitchen amount between volume and weight for a specific ingredient, using measured grams-per-cup values (USDA FoodData Central portion weights with FDC ids, and the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart) instead of guessed densities. 271 ingredients. Units: US cup (236.5882365 mL), metric cup (250 mL), imperial cup, US legal cup (240 mL), Japanese cup, US/metric/Australian tablespoons, teaspoons, US and imperial fl oz, pints, quarts, gallons, mL, dL, L, g, mg, kg, oz, lb and sticks of butter. Volume to volume and weight to weight need no ingredient. States which cup definition it used and cites the density source.
```

### `convert_oven_temperature`

- The name "convert_oven_temperature" says "convert": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Converts an oven setting between Fahrenheit, Celsius and UK gas mark (1/4 to 10, from the standard recipe table) and optionally adjusts for a fan (convection) oven by 20 C, the manufacturer guidance. Returns the nearest gas mark and whether it is an exact table value.
```

### `scale_recipe`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Scales a list of recipe ingredient lines ("1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour", "2 tbsp honey", "3 eggs") by a factor or from original to target servings. Parses mixed numbers and fraction characters. With to_metric_weights, converts cup and spoon amounts to grams with the measured density table and weights to grams, and reports lines it could not match.
```

## Only reads (1)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `search_ingredients`

- The name "search_ingredients" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "table": it reads databases.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fuzzy search over the ingredient table (flours, sugars, fats, dairy, liquids, nuts, grains, fruit, produce). Returns canonical names, grams per US cup and per tablespoon, and the source (USDA FDC id or King Arthur Baking chart). Use it to pick the exact ingredient before converting.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `cups-to-grams`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__cups-to-grams__search_ingredients"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__cups-to-grams__convert_ingredient",
      "mcp__cups-to-grams__scale_recipe",
      "mcp__cups-to-grams__convert_oven_temperature"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__cups-to-grams__search_ingredients`: private-data