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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-redis
by redis
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everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

mcp-redis · Summary

Official Redis MCP Server providing natural language interface for AI agents to manage Redis data efficiently.

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

mcp-redis · Use cases

  • AI assistants storing and retrieving session data in Redis
  • Vector search applications with Redis as the backend
  • Chat applications using Redis pub/sub for real-time messaging
  • Caching AI model responses and queries

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything

mcp-redis · Install

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "RedisMCPServer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "redis-mcp-server@latest",
        "redis-mcp-server",
        "--url",
        "redis://localhost:6379/0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From GitHub

uvx --from git+https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis.git redis-mcp-server --url redis://localhost:6379/0

Docker

docker run -d --name redis-mcp-server -e REDIS_HOST=<redis_hostname> -e REDIS_PORT=<redis_port> -e REDIS_USERNAME=<redis_username> mcp/redis
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