For AI agents and developers
Everything on Thali can be read by software. It is public and read-only, and every answer carries the address of the page it came from so it can be cited.
MCP server
Point any MCP client at https://thali.cleartrust.cc/mcp (Streamable HTTP). No key is needed. Tools: search, get_dish, list_dishes, random_dish, dish_of_the_day, on_the_table_today, get_food_day, list_food_days, in_season, list_countries, get_cuisine, list_cities, list_ways_of_eating, get_way_of_eating, define_term, latest_news, stats, site_info.
{ "mcpServers": { "thali": { "type": "http", "url": "https://thali.cleartrust.cc/mcp" } } }
JSON API
The same tools answer plain HTTP: GET https://thali.cleartrust.cc/api/v1/<tool>?name=value. For example /api/v1/get_dish?slug=biryani, /api/v1/list_dishes?country=IN&meal=breakfast&limit=20 or /api/v1/on_the_table_today. The list of tools with their parameters is at /api/v1/tools.
For publication networks
/api/v1/site_info returns a card for this publication: name, address, topics, counts, feeds, ad slots and contact. ClearTrust's network tools read it.
Limits
90 calls a minute without a key. For more, ask for a key at thali@cleartrust.cc and send it as Authorization: Bearer <key>.
For crawlers
llms.txt, llms-full.txt, sitemap.xml and an RSS feed of the dish of the day and new pages. AI crawlers are welcome in robots.txt.
Using the content
Quote freely with a link to the page. Dish pages are derived from Wikipedia and are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.