mcp-oda

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with oda.com

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Table of contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
  • Initial Setup
  • CLI Commands
  • Configuration
    • Claude Desktop
    • Claude Code
    • Gemini CLI
• Troubleshooting
  • Session not persisting

Features

This MCP server provides tools to programmatically interact with Oda's grocery shopping platform:

• Search products - Search for groceries with support for Norwegian terms
• Browse recipes - Search, filter, and view recipe details
• Saved shopping lists - View your saved lists and their products
• Manage shopping cart - View cart contents, add/remove items, add recipe ingredients
• CLI access - All operations available as CLI subcommands in addition to MCP tools
• Session persistence - Maintains login session across restarts

Installation

This project requires Node.js (v18+).

Usage

Initial Setup

Authenticate with your Oda account:

read -rsp "Oda password: " ODA_PASSWORD; printf '\n'
printf '%s' "$ODA_PASSWORD" | npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda auth login --user your@email.com --pass-stdin
unset ODA_PASSWORD

Verify your login status:

npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda auth user

Note

Session data is stored by default in ~/.mcp-oda

CLI Commands

Running npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda with no arguments prints help. The mcp subcommand starts the MCP server. All other operations are available as subcommands:

# Start the MCP server
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda mcp

# Products
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda product search melk
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda product search melk --page 2
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda product add 132

# Saved shopping lists
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda saved-list list
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda saved-list details 123
# Adds a product to a saved list; requires an explicit confirmation string
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda saved-list add-product 123 456 --confirmation "UPDATE SAVED LIST"
# Removes a product from a saved list; requires an explicit confirmation string
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda saved-list remove-product 123 456 --confirmation "UPDATE SAVED LIST"
# Adds every list item to the cart; requires an explicit confirmation string
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda saved-list add 123 --confirmation "ADD SAVED LIST TO CART"

# Cart
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda cart list
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda cart remove 132
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda cart clear

# Recipes
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda recipe search pizza
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda recipe details 123
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda recipe add 123 --portions 4
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda recipe remove 123

# Authentication
read -rsp "Oda password: " ODA_PASSWORD; printf '\n'
printf '%s' "$ODA_PASSWORD" | npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda auth login --user your@email.com --pass-stdin
unset ODA_PASSWORD
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda auth logout
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda auth user

# Maintenance
npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda clean

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop configuration example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oda": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add gbbirkisson/mcp-oda
/plugin install mcp-oda@mcp-oda

Gemini CLI

gemini extensions install https://github.com/gbbirkisson/mcp-oda

Troubleshooting

Session not persisting

If your login session is not persisting between runs:

1. Try running with the clean subcommand to remove old session data:

   npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda clean

2. Re-authenticate:

   read -rsp "Oda password: " ODA_PASSWORD; printf '\n'
   printf '%s' "$ODA_PASSWORD" | npx github:gbbirkisson/mcp-oda auth login --user your@email.com --pass-stdin
   unset ODA_PASSWORD

3. Make sure you're using the same --data-dir for all commands if you've overridden the default.