Open Innovation TEAM DROSSubmitted July 26, 2026

Agentic_Food_Rescue_System

An MCP app on the Model Context Protocol built by TEAM DROS at the Amrita University Coimbatore NitroStack × MCP To The Moon hackathon and deployed on NitroStack.

About this project

The Problem: Tons of edible food from restaurants go to waste daily because coordinating pickups with local NGOs is logistically difficult, extremely time-sensitive (perishability), and burdened by language barriers in grassroots charity networks. What It Does: Built on NitroStack (an MCP framework), this system uses AI to autonomously rescue surplus food. When a restaurant logs a donation, the system queries a PostgreSQL database to calculate Haversine distances to nearby NGOs, strictly filtering by capacity and perishability constraints. It then triggers an automated, real phone call to the optimal NGO using Twilio. Instead of robotic English, it uses Sarvam AI's Text-to-Speech to speak fluently in the NGO's regional language (e.g., Tamil, Hindi). If accepted, it formally allocates the food, assigns the nearest available gig-worker delivery executive to transport it, and handles end-to-end background SMS communications and JSONB audit logging. Who It Is For: Restaurants & Donors seeking a zero-friction, automated way to prevent food waste and earn CSR metrics. Grassroots NGOs & Community Kitchens who can receive localized phone calls instead of struggling with complex English apps. Delivery Executives looking for optimized, proximity-based gig tasks. What Makes It Special: Agentic Autonomy: Acting via Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, an LLM orchestrator entirely manages dispatching, retry-logic, and negotiations without human input. Hyper-Local Voice Tech: Integrating Sarvam AI for native-language Twilio voice calls completely removes digital friction for rural or local charity workers. Safety-First Logistics: Hard-coded SQL geospatial constraints ensure perishable (e.g., non-veg) food is only routed within safe micro-radii (5km).

Open Innovation track

Solve any real-world problem with AI, regardless of industry or domain.

Team TEAM DROS

  • Umasuthan PalaniappanLead

  • Pranesh Subramanian

  • Pranav Senthil

  • singotam sanjeev

Frequently asked questions

What does Agentic_Food_Rescue_System do?
The Problem: Tons of edible food from restaurants go to waste daily because coordinating pickups with local NGOs is logistically difficult, extremely time-sensitive (perishability), and burdened by language barriers in grassroots charity networks. What It Does: Built on NitroStack (an MCP framework), this system uses AI to autonomously rescue surplus food. When a restaurant logs a donation, the system queries a PostgreSQL database to calculate Haversine distances to nearby NGOs, strictly filtering by capacity and perishability constraints. It then triggers an automated, real phone call to the optimal NGO using Twilio. Instead of robotic English, it uses Sarvam AI's Text-to-Speech to speak fluently in the NGO's regional language (e.g., Tamil, Hindi). If accepted, it formally allocates the food, assigns the nearest available gig-worker delivery executive to transport it, and handles end-to-end background SMS communications and JSONB audit logging. Who It Is For: Restaurants & Donors seeking a zero-friction, automated way to prevent food waste and earn CSR metrics. Grassroots NGOs & Community Kitchens who can receive localized phone calls instead of struggling with complex English apps. Delivery Executives looking for optimized, proximity-based gig tasks. What Makes It Special: Agentic Autonomy: Acting via Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, an LLM orchestrator entirely manages dispatching, retry-logic, and negotiations without human input. Hyper-Local Voice Tech: Integrating Sarvam AI for native-language Twilio voice calls completely removes digital friction for rural or local charity workers. Safety-First Logistics: Hard-coded SQL geospatial constraints ensure perishable (e.g., non-veg) food is only routed within safe micro-radii (5km).
Who built Agentic_Food_Rescue_System?
Agentic_Food_Rescue_System was built by team TEAM DROS at the Amrita University Coimbatore NitroStack × MCP To The Moon hackathon, in the Open Innovation track.
What is an MCP app and how is it built?
An MCP app is an application built on the Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets AI agents connect to tools, data, and APIs. This project exposes MCP tools and resources that agentic AI systems can call. It was built and deployed on NitroStack, the full-stack platform for shipping MCP apps and servers.