mcp-redis

Overview

The Redis MCP Server is a natural language interface designed for agentic applications to manage and search data in Redis efficiently. It integrates seamlessly with MCP clients, enabling AI-driven workflows to interact with structured and unstructured data in Redis. The server provides comprehensive tools for managing strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams, pub/sub, JSON documents, and supports vector search operations.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 6 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• string

  Set, get strings with expiration

  Try:Cache this item for 1 hourTry:Store a session with an expiration time
• hash

  Store field-value pairs within a single key

  Try:Store user profile dataTry:Save vector embeddings for a document
• list

  Append and pop items from lists

  Try:Add this item to the queueTry:Get the latest 10 actions from the list
• set

  Add, remove and list set members

  Try:Add unique tags to this itemTry:Find intersection of user IDs
• sorted set

  Manage data with score-based ordering

  Try:Update the leaderboard scoreTry:Add item to priority queue
• pub/sub

  Publish and subscribe to channels

  Try:Publish notification to channelTry:Subscribe to real-time updates
• streams

  Manage data streams and consumer groups

  Try:Add entry to the activity streamTry:Create a consumer group for processing
• JSON

  Store and manipulate JSON documents

  Try:Save nested configuration dataTry:Update path in JSON document
• docs

  Search Redis documentation

  Try:How to use Redis streams?Try:Best practices for caching
• query engine

  Manage vector indexes and perform vector search

  Try:Create a vector index for embeddingsTry:Find similar documents in the vector space
• server management

  Retrieve information about the database

  Try:Get server statisticsTry:Check database memory usage

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Installation

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

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

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

FAQ

What Redis data types are supported by this MCP server?

The server supports all major Redis data types including strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams, JSON documents, and provides tools for pub/sub functionality and vector search.

How do I authenticate with Redis using this MCP server?

The server supports multiple authentication methods including username/password, Redis ACL, and EntraID authentication for Azure Managed Redis. Configuration can be done via command line arguments, environment variables, or URI parameters.

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