NerdyChefs Prompts

io.github.mayeu20Published by GitHub account mayeu20v0.1.2Updated Oct 24, 2026

Search, browse and pick from the free NerdyChefs.ai prompt library from any MCP client.

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Overview

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Lets an assistant search, browse, and pick prompts from the free NerdyChefs.ai prompt library.

What you can do
Provides tools to search prompts by query, category, persona, or tag; fetch a single prompt with its full text; get a random prompt; and list or open prompt packs, categories, personas, and tags. Results include summaries, counts, and links, with prompt text omitted unless requested. A resource exposes pack JSON. Searches and filters run locally; only public JSON files are downloaded from the site.
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to find ready-made prompts for a task, explore prompt packs, or pull a random prompt for inspiration without leaving the chat client. Best for prompt discovery rather than for storing or editing your own prompts.
Requirements
Runs locally over stdio via npx, so Node.js 20 or newer is needed. No accounts, API keys, or environment variables are required; NERDYCHEFS_API_BASE can optionally override the default API base. Network access to www.nerdychefs.ai is needed to fetch prompts.
Before you install
Read-only: it downloads public JSON and does not send your queries or conversations to the site. Two quiet failure modes: category filters must use the category name, not its slug, and get_prompt ids are positions in the published file, so ids from the website or a previous session may name a different prompt. Returned links include fixed utm tracking parameters.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open NerdyChefs Prompts in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

nerdychefs-mcp

An MCP server that gives your assistant access to the free prompt library at NerdyChefs.ai. Search for a task, open a pack, or pick a random prompt to try.

It runs over stdio and fetches prompts when you first need them. Data stays in memory for 60 minutes. Requires Node 20 or newer.

Tools

NameArgumentsWhat you get
search_promptsquery (2 to 200 characters); optional category, persona, tag, limit (1 to 25, default 10), include_prompt_text (default false)Ranked prompt summaries, total matches, and links.
get_promptid (integer)One prompt with its full text and links.
random_promptOptional category, persona, tagA random prompt with full text and the pool size.
list_packsOptional category, query, limit (1 to 120, default 50)Packs ordered by title, with descriptions and links.
get_packid (slug or exact title); optional include_prompts (default true), include_prompt_text (default false)Pack details, sections, and optional prompts ordered by ID.
list_categoriesNoneCategories, subcategories, and prompt counts.
list_personasOptional top (1 to 873, default 50), queryPersonas ordered by count, then name.
list_tagsOptional top (1 to 500, default 50), queryTags ordered by count, then name.

Category, persona, and tag filters use case-insensitive exact matches. Pack queries search titles and descriptions. Persona and tag queries match part of a name. Search results omit prompt text unless requested. Every argument above also carries its own description in the tool schema, so your client can show you the same detail inline.

Two things catch people out, and both fail quietly rather than with an error:

  • Filter on the category NAME, not its id. list_categories returns both, and only Engineering & DevOps matches. The slug form engineering-devops returns an empty result.
  • get_prompt ids are positions in the published prompt file, not ids from the website. Use an id from search_prompts, random_prompt or get_pack in the same session. An id copied from a nerdychefs.ai page, or saved from last week, can name a different prompt.

The resource nerdychefs://pack/{slug} returns the same JSON as get_pack with prompt summaries and no prompt text.

Installation for Claude Desktop

Add this entry to your MCP configuration, then restart the client:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "nerdychefs": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "nerdychefs-mcp"]    }  }}

Installation for Claude Code

sh
claude mcp add nerdychefs -- npx -y nerdychefs-mcp

Installation for Cursor

Add this to your MCP configuration:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "nerdychefs": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "nerdychefs-mcp"]    }  }}

Installation for Codex CLI

sh
codex mcp add nerdychefs -- npx -y nerdychefs-mcp

Configuration

NERDYCHEFS_API_BASE defaults to https://www.nerdychefs.ai/api. Set it in the server's environment to change the API path. Remote URLs must use HTTPS on www.nerdychefs.ai. Local HTTP addresses are accepted for fixture tests. Redirects are refused.

Files load on demand and are cached separately for 60 minutes. Failed requests get one retry. A failed tool call names the file that could not load.

Privacy

The only remote host the server talks to is www.nerdychefs.ai. It downloads public JSON files. Searches and filters run locally. No user queries, prompt inputs, or client conversations are sent to the site.

Nothing is logged or sent anywhere else. There is no telemetry, analytics, or runtime disk cache. Local fixture tests use a loopback HTTP server. Returned website links include the fixed utm_source=mcp, utm_medium=tool, and utm_campaign=nerdychefs_mcp parameters.

Attribution

Prompts from NerdyChefs.ai. Prompts are served live from nerdychefs.ai and remain that site's content. Each prompt result includes attribution and links to its prompt and pack pages. The package does not include the prompt corpus.

Development

sh
pnpm installpnpm buildpnpm testNERDYCHEFS_LIVE=1 pnpm test

The regular tests use small local fixtures. The live smoke test runs only when NERDYCHEFS_LIVE=1. Start the compiled server with node dist/index.js, or use pnpm dev while editing. Standard output is reserved for MCP messages.

Licence

The server code is MIT licensed. Copyright 2026 Mathieu Kessler. See LICENSE. This licence covers the server code. Prompts remain NerdyChefs.ai content.

Source: README.md at commit 693c559

Tools

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SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

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  1. v0.1.2LatestSep 16, 2026

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