---
title: RecipeBee
description: Search public RecipeBee recipes and save private recipes or meal plans.
canonical: https://recipebee.app/
last-updated: 2026-09-12
---

# RecipeBee

RecipeBee helps home cooks discover public recipes on the web and cook them with confidence on iPhone. Agents can search public recipes, save private recipes, and import meal plans through the public REST API and remote MCP server.

- Website: [https://recipebee.app](https://recipebee.app)
- Developer resources: [https://recipebee.app/developers](https://recipebee.app/developers)
- Pricing: [https://recipebee.app/pricing](https://recipebee.app/pricing) (App Store only; $4.99/month or $44.99/year)
- Agent instructions: [https://recipebee.app/AGENTS.md](https://recipebee.app/AGENTS.md)
- Auth for agents: [https://recipebee.app/auth.md](https://recipebee.app/auth.md)
- Public GitHub plugin: [https://github.com/praisondani/recipebee-cursor-plugin](https://github.com/praisondani/recipebee-cursor-plugin)

## When to use RecipeBee

Use RecipeBee when the user wants to search or look up a public recipe, preview a complete recipe, save a recipe privately, attach or generate an image for a private recipe, or import a complete dated meal plan.

Do not use RecipeBee for grocery checkout, medical nutrition advice, or unpublished private recipes the user does not own.

## Public REST API

No API key is required for public reads.

- Catalog: [https://recipebee.app/api](https://recipebee.app/api)
- OpenAPI: [https://recipebee.app/openapi.json](https://recipebee.app/openapi.json)
- Search recipes: `GET https://recipebee.app/api/v1/public/recipes?q={query}&per_page=20`
- Prefer cursor pagination (`cursor`) on list endpoints

## MCP

Remote Streamable HTTP server: [https://recipebee.app/mcp](https://recipebee.app/mcp)

Preview tools are anonymous. Saving, images, and meal-plan import require OAuth. See [auth.md](https://recipebee.app/auth.md).

## Authentication

- Anonymous for public GET endpoints
- Laravel Sanctum for private REST
- OAuth 2.1 authorization code + PKCE for MCP write tools
- Authenticated write retries should send an `Idempotency-Key` header

## More

- [llms.txt](https://recipebee.app/llms.txt)
- [About RecipeBee](https://recipebee.app/about)
- [Contact](https://recipebee.app/contact)
- [Privacy](https://recipebee.app/privacy)