iFood MCP Server

Unofficial Model Context Protocol server for iFood — Brazil's largest food delivery platform. Browse restaurants, search food, manage your cart and place orders through any AI assistant that speaks MCP.

> Not affiliated with iFood. Wraps the public consumer web API for personal use.

What This MCP Server Does

This MCP server gives AI assistants (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, etc.) access to your iFood account. It exposes 25 tools that let an AI:

• 🔍 Search restaurants and food items near you
• 🍔 Browse merchants, full catalogs, item details and customer reviews
• 🛒 Build a cart with items, delivery method and payment
• 💳 List your saved payment methods and addresses
• 📦 List past orders, get order details, and reorder
• 🎁 Check loyalty cards, wallet benefits and coupons
• 📍 Explore the home feed, categories and curated browse pages

Two Authentication Modes

You can run either mode independently; the same tool definitions back both.

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 20
• An active iFood account (any region in Brazil)
• For HTTP+OAuth mode: nothing else — the login UI handles everything
• For stdio mode: a recent JWT extracted from browser DevTools (see below)

Check your install with `node -v` and `npm -v`.

Installation

1. Clone and build

git clone https://github.com/AriOliv/ifood-mcp.git
cd ifood-mcp
npm install
npm run build

2. Pick a mode

Option A — HTTP + OAuth 2.1 (recommended)

# Generate a JWT signing secret (≥32 chars)
echo "MCP_JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)" >> .env
echo "PORT=3001" >> .env

# Run with auto-reload
npm run dev

Then register the server with your client.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ifood http://localhost:3001/mcp

Run `/mcp` inside Claude Code → click `ifood` → it'll open the browser at the OTP login page. Authenticate with your iFood e‑mail and the 6‑digit code that arrives via WhatsApp/SMS/Email.

Cursor

Add to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ifood": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:3001/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor will trigger the OAuth flow on first use.

Codex

codex mcp add --transport http ifood http://localhost:3001/mcp

Option B — stdio (single user)

Extract your iFood credentials from browser DevTools:

1. Open iFood and sign in

2. DevTools → Network tab → reload, do any action (e.g. open a restaurant)

3. Click any `site-api` request

4. Copy the `authorization` header value (drop the `Bearer ` prefix)

5. From the cookies tab, copy `aRefreshToken`, `aDeviceId`, `aSessionId` and `aAccountId`

6. Drop them into a `.env`:

cp .env.example .env
# fill in IFOOD_ACCESS_TOKEN, IFOOD_ACCOUNT_ID, IFOOD_DEVICE_ID, IFOOD_SESSION_ID

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ifood": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/ifood-mcp/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "IFOOD_ACCESS_TOKEN": "eyJraWQi...",
        "IFOOD_ACCOUNT_ID": "fa0ac7f3-...",
        "IFOOD_DEVICE_ID": "1141f82b-...",
        "IFOOD_SESSION_ID": "97fe984b-..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (stdio)

claude mcp add --transport stdio ifood \
  --env IFOOD_ACCESS_TOKEN=eyJraWQi... \
  --env IFOOD_ACCOUNT_ID=fa0ac7f3-... \
  --env IFOOD_DEVICE_ID=1141f82b-... \
  --env IFOOD_SESSION_ID=97fe984b-... \
  -- node /absolute/path/to/ifood-mcp/build/index.js

Available Tools

👤 Customer

📦 Orders

🔍 Discovery

🍔 Merchants

🎁 Loyalty & Wallet

🛒 Cart & Checkout

Example Prompts

Once connected, ask your AI assistant:

"encontre opções de açaí perto de -23.59182, -46.648688"

"qual é o cardápio da hamburgueria mais bem avaliada na minha região?"

"liste meus 5 últimos pedidos e me mostre o status de cada um"

"crie um carrinho no Burger King com 2 Whoppers e finalize com Pix"

"me mostre as avaliações do restaurante  nas últimas 30 reviews"

"existe algum cupom ativo na minha carteira pra delivery agora?"

> [!TIP]

> If a tool needs `latitude`/`longitude` and you don't know yours, ask the AI to call `ifood_addresses` first — your saved addresses include coordinates.

Architecture

┌──────────────────┐    OAuth 2.1     ┌─────────────────────┐    Bearer JWT     ┌─────────────────┐
│  AI assistant    │◄────────────────►│   ifood-mcp server  │◄─────────────────►│  iFood API      │
│  (Claude/Cursor) │   /mcp endpoint  │   (Express + MCP)   │   site-api / wsl. │  (consumer web) │
└──────────────────┘                  └─────────────────────┘                   └─────────────────┘
                                              │
                                              ▼
                                      ┌──────────────┐
                                      │  /login      │  HTML — iFood OTP
                                      │  (browser)   │  e‑mail / SMS / WhatsApp
                                      └──────────────┘

• Stateless transport: each `/mcp` call creates a fresh `StreamableHTTPServerTransport` + `McpServer` bound to the authenticated user's session — handles concurrent users without sticky sessions.
• In‑memory token stores: per‑user iFood JWT pairs auto‑refreshed every 60s. Single‑process; for horizontal scaling move to Redis.
• OAuth 2.1 + PKCE S256, audience‑bound HS256 JWTs, opaque rotating refresh tokens.
• 5‑step iFood OTP flow wrapped in `src/http/ifood-auth.ts`: `/authorization-codes` → `/access-tokens` → `/challenges` → `/authentications`.

Development

npm run dev          # http-server with auto-reload (tsx watch)
npm run dev:stdio    # stdio with auto-reload
npm run build        # tsc → build/
npm run typecheck    # tsc --noEmit

Project layout:

src/
  index.ts              tool definitions + executeTool dispatcher + stdio entry
  http-server.ts        Express + OAuth + Streamable HTTP transport
  http/
    store.ts            in-memory OAuth + iFood token stores
    provider.ts         OAuthServerProvider implementation
    session-provider.ts SessionTokenProvider + background refresh loop
    login-router.ts     OTP login HTML pages
    ifood-auth.ts       chained iFood OTP HTTP client

Security & Disclaimer

• 🔒 In HTTP mode, iFood tokens live only in memory — never written to disk. Process restart = re‑login.
• 🚫 Don't commit `.env`, HAR files or any DevTools captures — they contain bearer tokens. The `.gitignore` blocks all common spots.
• ⚠️ Unofficial. iFood does not publish a public API. This wraps the consumer website's endpoints, which can change without notice. Use at your own discretion and respect iFood's Terms of Service.
• 🛡️ The login flow may eventually trip iFood's bot‑detection. If you see opaque errors during login, try the `/login/paste` fallback to provide tokens manually.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome. When opening an issue please include:

• Output of `npm run typecheck`
• Whether you're using stdio or HTTP+OAuth mode
• Redacted request/response (no tokens) when reporting an API failure

License

Released under the MIT License.

Made by Ari and Claude a.k.a Claudão.