Madklar is a complete meal-planning app. You do not need ChatGPT, Claude, or any
other AI service to use it. Planning, recipes, household preferences, the
pantry, and shopping all work in the iPhone app.
For people who want to go further, Madklar also provides optional open access
through MCP. That means your household data is not trapped inside one app: you
can authorise an AI or integration you choose to read and work with the same
plan, recipes, preferences, attendance, pantry, and shopping list.
What “bring your own AI” means
You decide whether to connect anything, which service or integration to use,
and when to disconnect it. Madklar supplies a secure interface to the household
information and meal-planning actions. Madklar remains the source of truth, so
an authorised tool works with the same data as the iPhone app rather than
creating a second copy of your household setup.
You might use the connection to:
- work with your meal plan through an AI assistant you already trust;
- build a personal workflow or integration around the shopping list;
- inspect and combine your household data in ways the app does not yet offer;
- change AI services later without describing the household again.
All of this is optional. Madklar neither requires nor recommends a particular
AI provider.
Before connecting
You need:
- a Madklar account created with Sign in with Apple;
- a service or integration that accepts remote MCP connections; and
- the official Madklar MCP address:
https://mcp.madklar.app/mcp.
Some AI services, including ChatGPT and Claude, support remote MCP connections,
but their menus, plan availability, and publication processes are controlled by
those providers and can change. A future public Madklar listing may make setup
simpler; it will not make that provider necessary for using Madklar.
Connect an AI service or integration
- Open the area where your AI service manages apps, connectors, or remote MCP
servers.
- Add a new remote connection using
https://mcp.madklar.app/mcp. - Your browser opens Madklar’s authorisation page. Choose Sign in with
Apple and use the same Apple account as in the iPhone app.
- Review and approve the connection, then return to the service you chose.
- Start a new conversation and select Madklar if the service does not select
it automatically.
Only enter your Apple credentials on Apple’s own sign-in page. Do not paste an
Apple password, Madklar token, or household identifier into a chat.
Useful first requests
- “Show me this week’s plan and tell me which evenings are still empty.”
- “Plan dinners and packed lunches for Monday to Friday using what we already
have.”
- “Move Tuesday’s dinner to Thursday and update the shopping list.”
- “Which shop has the lowest estimated total for this week’s list?” (Price
estimates are currently available in Denmark.)
The connected service will show and request confirmation according to its own
rules before carrying out consequential changes.
When you ask the AI service to use Madklar, it receives the information needed
to answer that request, for example relevant meal slots, household preferences,
or shopping-list items. The conversation is also governed by the AI service’s
own privacy and retention settings. Do not connect an AI service you do not
trust with that information.
Removing Madklar from the connected service stops that service from using the
connection. It does not delete your Madklar account or the household data used
by the iPhone app.
The same plan wherever you open it
A change made through an authorised AI conversation changes the same plan used
by the app. Open Madklar on iPhone afterwards and the updated meal slots and
shopping list are there. There is nothing to export or reconcile.
