CellarTracker MCP

Connect Claude to your CellarTracker wine cellar. Query your inventory, get drinking recommendations, analyze purchases, and evaluate new wines — all through natural conversation.

Install

Works with both Claude Desktop (mac app) and Claude Code.

Prerequisites

Install uv (a fast Python package manager). This is a one-time step:

brew install uv

Step 1: Add the marketplace

Claude Desktop: Settings > Customize > Browse plugins > + > Add marketplace from GitHub > enter slavins-co/cellartracker-mcp

Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add slavins-co/cellartracker-mcp

Step 2: Install the plugin

Claude Desktop: Find "CellarTracker MCP" in the plugin browser and click Install.

Claude Code:

/plugin install cellartracker-mcp@cellartracker-mcp

Step 3: Set up your CellarTracker credentials

Create a credentials file (one-time setup):

mkdir -p ~/.config/cellartracker-mcp

Then create the file ~/.config/cellartracker-mcp/.env with your CellarTracker login:

CT_USERNAME=your_cellartracker_username
CT_PASSWORD=your_cellartracker_password

These are the same username and password you use at cellartracker.com. Credentials are stored only on your machine and never sent anywhere except CellarTracker's own servers.

Step 4: Restart Claude

Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop, or restart your Claude Code session.

Try it: "What wines should I open this week?"

What you can do

Included skills

cellartracker-data — Teaches Claude to interpret CellarTracker data: table relationships, score abbreviations, drinking windows, and query routing.

wine-purchase-evaluator — Framework for evaluating wine purchases. Two-score system (Quality + Personal Fit) with BUY/CONSIDER/PASS verdicts. Checks your cellar for redundancy, verifies pricing, and applies drinking window discipline.

To customize the evaluator for your preferences, copy skills/wine-purchase-evaluator/references/preferences-example.md to preferences.md in the same directory and edit it.

How it works

CellarTracker has no official API. This server uses their CSV export endpoint, which authenticates with your username and password over HTTPS. Data is cached locally and auto-refreshes every 24 hours.

The server can only access your data — inventory, purchases, notes, and wishlist. It cannot search CellarTracker's full wine database.

Development

For contributors or anyone who wants to run from source:

git clone https://github.com/slavins-co/cellartracker-mcp.git
cd cellartracker-mcp
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

# Set credentials
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your CT login

# Test as Claude Code plugin
claude --plugin-dir .

License

MIT