mcp-familywall

MCP server for Family Wall — manage your family's circles, lists, tasks, recipes, and meal plan directly from Claude.

Tools (v1.0.0)

Circles & Members

Tool	Description
get_circles	List all family circles
get_members	List members of a circle (or all circles)
create_circle 🔒	Create a new Family Wall circle
update_circle 🔒	Rename a circle (primary circle protected)
add_member_to_circle 🔒	Invite a person to a circle by e-mail
delete_circle 🔒	Permanently delete a circle and all its content

Lists & Tasks

Tool	Description
get_lists	List all task lists (emoji, color, circle; optional scope filter)
get_tasks	List tasks in a list (category, due date, assignees, recurrency, reminder)
get_categories	List categories for a list (locale-filtered; custom categories always shown)
get_activities	List recent wall activities (author resolved to display name)
create_list 🔒	Create a task list (SHOPPING_LIST, TODOS, or OTHER; optional emoji, color, circle)
update_list 🔒	Rename a list or change its emoji/color (partial update; system lists protected)
delete_list 🔒	Permanently delete a list and all its tasks (system lists protected)
create_category 🔒	Create a custom category (with optional icon)
delete_category 🔒	Delete a custom category (system categories protected)
create_task 🔒	Create a task (supports category, due date, assignees; use "Äpfel (5x)" for quantities)
update_task 🔒	Update text, category, due date, assignees, or move to a different list
toggle_task 🔒	Mark a task complete or reopen it
delete_task 🔒	Permanently delete a task
clear_list 🔒	Bulk-delete all tasks in a list (optional only_open=True keeps completed tasks)
like_post 🔒	Like a wall post/activity

Recipe Box

Tool	Description
get_recipe_categories	List all recipe categories
get_recipe_box	List real recipes only (excludes free-text meal stubs)
get_recipes	List all recipe entries including stubs (compact summary)
get_recipe	Get a single recipe in full detail (ingredients, instructions, parsed ingredients)
create_recipe 🔒	Create a new recipe (name, ingredients, instructions, prep/cook time, serves, url, categories)
update_recipe 🔒	Update any field of a recipe (partial update; supports category_ids)
delete_recipe 🔒	Permanently delete a recipe

Meal Planner (Premium)

Tool	Description
get_meal_plan	Get meal plan entries for a date range (dish + meal entries, sorted by date + slot)
add_recipe_to_meal_plan 🔒	Add a recipe-box recipe to a meal slot (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/SNACK/DINNER)
add_meal_to_meal_plan 🔒	Add a free-text meal entry to a meal slot
add_meal_note 🔒	Add a note and/or serving count to a meal slot
delete_meal_plan_entry 🔒	Delete a meal plan entry (dish/… or meal/…)

🔒 = requires user confirmation before calling

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• uv
• A Family Wall account

Installation

uv tool install mcp-familywall

Setup

Run the interactive setup wizard once to store your credentials securely in the OS keyring:

mcp-familywall setup

This will:

1. Prompt for your Family Wall email and password
2. Verify the credentials against the API
3. Store them in the OS keyring
4. Print a Claude Desktop configuration snippet

Claude Desktop configuration

Add the printed snippet to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "familywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-familywall", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

Verify

mcp-familywall check

Debug logging

Set FW_DEBUG=1 to log full request/response bodies to stderr (passwords are masked):

FW_DEBUG=1 mcp-familywall check

Credentials

Credentials are resolved in this order:

1. Environment variables FW_EMAIL and FW_PASSWORD
2. OS keyring (set by mcp-familywall setup)

License

MIT — © 2026 Marcus van Elst