Cocina (Cuisine)

Cocina (Cuisine) — connector documentation

• MCP endpoint: https://cocina.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: POST https://cocina.connectorbay.com/v1/tools/{tool_name}, described by the OpenAPI 3.1 spec at https://cocina.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Transport: Streamable HTTP, stateless, MCP specification 2025-06-18 or later
• Authentication: none required. An optional Authorization: Bearer <key> raises rate limits.
• Health: https://cocina.connectorbay.com/health · Tool schemas: https://cocina.connectorbay.com/tools.json
• Publisher: Unify Dynamics LLC · connectorbay.com/cocina · agent@connectorbay.com

What Cocina (Cuisine) is for

"Cocina" is the Spanish word for kitchen or cuisine. The question that comes up whenever Mexican food comes up in conversation — what's actually in cochinita pibil, which region a dish comes from, how a habanero compares to a serrano, what epazote even is, what makes Oaxacan food taste so different from food in Yucatán — answered from one hand-curated regional cuisine encyclopedia, not a scroll through recipe blogs and travel-site listicles.

What it does

One dish's description, region of origin, category, key ingredients, spice level and typical serving occasion (dish_info); a keyword search across dish name, region, category, description and ingredients (dish_search); every characteristic dish of a Mexican region — Oaxaca, Yucatán, Norte, Centro, Veracruz, Puebla, Baja California, Jalisco (dishes_by_region); dishes filtered by antojito (street snack), soup/caldo, main/plato fuerte, dessert/postre, drink/bebida, or salsa (dishes_by_category); a guide to key Mexican ingredients — masa/nixtamal, named chiles (poblano, serrano, habanero, chile de árbol, guajillo, ancho, chipotle, jalapeño, pasilla), epazote, achiote, tomatillo, hoja santa and more — with a flavor profile and common use (ingredient_info); a Scoville-range-referenced heat comparison table of common Mexican chiles from mildest to hottest (chile_heat_guide); a fuller regional food-culture write-up — a deeper version of the region filter, covering signature ingredients, influences and dishes (regional_specialty_guide); an antojito/street-food-specific overview covering tacos, tortas, elote/esquites, tlayudas and garnachas, plus the full antojito list (street_food_guide); and a glossary of Mexican culinary and food-culture terms — nixtamalización, mole, comal, antojito, molcajete, metate, recado, adobo, cal, guisado, picante, botana (cuisine_glossary).

What it is not

Not a recipe book — there are no step-by-step cooking instructions, quantities or timings here, and it is not a live menu, delivery or restaurant-finder service. It is also not a single official standard for where a dish "belongs": many Mexican dishes, salsas and drinks (tacos, tamales, salsa verde and mezcal chief among them) are eaten, adapted and claimed nationwide, and the single region given for each dish reflects the most common tradition, not an exclusive rule. This is 76 hand-picked dishes across eight regions, chosen for how representative and well known they are — not an exhaustive inventory of Mexican cuisine, and not a substitute for a native cook's judgment. Chile heat figures are typical Scoville ranges drawn from published reference sources, not a measurement of any single pepper you might actually eat — heat varies with growing conditions, ripeness and the individual fruit.

Tools

Lookup & Search

dish_info — One Mexican dish's description, region of origin, category, key ingredients, spice level and typical serving occasion. Use for "what is cochinita pibil", "tell me about mole poblano". Args: name.

dish_search — Search Mexican dishes by keyword across name, region, category, description and key ingredients. Use for "dishes with tomatillo", "what has achiote in it". Args: query.

Browse

dishes_by_region — Characteristic dishes of a Mexican region. Covers Oaxaca, Yucatán, Norte, Centro, Veracruz, Puebla, Baja California and Jalisco. Use for "what dishes come from Oaxaca". Args: region.

dishes_by_category — Dishes filtered by category: antojito (street snack), soup/caldo, main/plato fuerte, dessert/postre, drink/bebida, or salsa. Use for "show me Mexican desserts", "what salsas do you know". Args: category.

regional_specialty_guide — A fuller write-up of what makes a Mexican region's food culture distinctive — its signature ingredients, influences and dishes. A deeper version of dishes_by_region's filter. Use for "what makes Oaxacan food different", "describe Yucatecan cuisine". Args: region.

Ingredients & Chiles

ingredient_info — A key Mexican ingredient's flavor profile and common use — masa/nixtamal, named chiles (poblano, serrano, habanero, chile de árbol, guajillo, ancho, chipotle, jalapeño, pasilla), epazote, achiote, tomatillo, hoja santa and more. Use for "what is epazote", "what is achiote used for". Args: name.

chile_heat_guide — A Scoville-range-referenced heat comparison table of common Mexican chiles, from mildest to hottest, with flavor notes and typical use. Use for "how hot is a habanero", "compare serrano and jalapeño heat".

Reference

street_food_guide — An overview of Mexican street food (antojito) culture — tacos, tortas, elote/esquites, tlayudas and garnachas — plus the full list of antojitos in the dataset. Use for "tell me about Mexican street food", "what's the difference between elote and esquites".

cuisine_glossary — Definitions of Mexican culinary and food-culture terms (nixtamalización, masa, mole, salsa, comal, antojito, molcajete, metate, recado, adobo, cal, guisado, picante, botana). Use for "what does nixtamalización mean", "what's a molcajete". Args: term.

Conventions

• Read-only. Every tool reads public data or computes; nothing is written anywhere and nothing about the user is stored.
• Result envelope. ok: true with data, or ok: false with a structured error (bad_input, not_found, upstream_error). degraded lists optional sources that were unreachable.
• Rate limits. Free tier 60 tool calls/minute and 300/day per user (keyed on the user identifier supplied by the host agent, else client IP); Pro keys raise this. Over-limit calls return HTTP 429 with Retry-After. initialize and tools/list are never counted.

Support

agent@connectorbay.com · connectorbay.com/cocina/support

Cocina (Cuisine) — Privacy Policy

Effective 24 September 2026. Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us"), Menlo Park, California.

What Cocina (Cuisine) is. Cocina (Cuisine) is a connector (an MCP server and REST API) that AI assistants and personal agents call on your behalf for a hand-curated Mexican regional cuisine encyclopedia: dish lookups and search, dishes by region or category, an ingredient guide, a chile heat guide, regional specialty write-ups, a street-food guide, and a cuisine glossary. You interact with your assistant; the assistant sends us only the arguments needed for that one lookup.

What we receive. The arguments of each tool call — a dish name, a search keyword, a region, a category, an ingredient name, or a glossary term — the technical headers needed to serve the request (an IP address or a client identifier supplied by the assistant, and a Pro API key if you have one), and standard server logs.

Everything is answered from a bundled, hand-curated reference file and nothing is stored. No request is forwarded to any third party — there is no upstream call at all, live or otherwise — and no query is logged in request bodies, recorded, or used to train anything.

What we do not receive or store. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant or your name, and we do not build a profile from your queries: each request is answered independently and nothing carries over between requests. Rate-limit counters (a client identifier and timestamps) are held in memory for at most 24 hours. Hosting-provider access logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but not request bodies, are retained for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

Sub-processors. None — the entire dataset is bundled with the server and answered locally. Hosting: Vercel (United States regions).

Legal bases and your rights. Our processing is necessary to provide the service you request through your assistant. Because we store no personal data beyond short-lived logs, requests to access, correct or delete personal data are usually satisfied automatically; you can still contact agent@connectorbay.com and we will respond within 30 days. We do not sell or share personal information and do not use your data to train models.

Children. Cocina (Cuisine) is a general-audience service operated by the adult using the assistant. It covers alcoholic drinks (mezcal, tequila, pulque, sotol, rompope, xtabentún, wine) informationally and factually, and does not encourage consumption.

Changes. We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Cocina (Cuisine) — Terms of Service

Effective 24 September 2026. These terms govern use of the Cocina (Cuisine) connector ("the Service") operated by Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us").

1. The Service. Cocina (Cuisine) returns a hand-curated Mexican regional cuisine encyclopedia — dish descriptions, regions, categories, key ingredients, spice levels and serving occasions; dishes by region or category; an ingredient guide; a chile heat guide; regional specialty write-ups; a street-food guide; and a cuisine glossary — from data hand-curated and verified at build time. It is accessed through an AI assistant or directly over MCP or HTTP.
2. Not a recipe book, and not an official standard. Cocina (Cuisine) is an independent reference tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by any government body, tourism board, or culinary institution. It gives no step-by-step cooking instructions, quantities or timings, and the single region attributed to each dish reflects common tradition, not an exclusive or official claim — many dishes are eaten and adapted well beyond the region listed. Chile heat figures are typical Scoville ranges from published reference sources, not a guaranteed measurement of any specific pepper.
3. Alcohol is covered informationally only. Drinks and ingredients that are alcoholic (mezcal, tequila, pulque, sotol, rompope, xtabentún, wine) are described factually, with an age-appropriate note, and nothing in the Service should be read as encouraging alcohol consumption. The Service does not verify the age of any user.
4. Acceptable use. Automated use within the published rate limits is welcome.
5. Availability. The Service is provided "as is" without warranty. We may change, limit or discontinue it at any time.
6. Data. Our Privacy Policy describes what we process. In short: your query is answered from a bundled reference file, and nothing is stored.
7. Pro keys. Optional Pro API keys are issued at our discretion, are personal to the holder and may be revoked for abuse.
8. Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Unify Dynamics LLC is not liable for any loss arising from use of or reliance on the Service. Our total liability is limited to US $100.
9. Governing law. California law; venue in San Mateo County, California.
10. Contact. Unify Dynamics LLC · agent@connectorbay.com · https://connectorbay.com/cocina

Cocina (Cuisine) support

Email agent@connectorbay.com. We answer within two business days.

• MCP endpoint: https://cocina.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: https://cocina.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Live status: https://cocina.connectorbay.com/health

When you report a problem, include the question you asked your agent, roughly when, and which agent you used (for example Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini). Never send us passwords, account numbers or ID numbers. Cocina (Cuisine) never asks for them.