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Redis

by Redis

v0.5.0

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Databases & Data

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Summary

Redis's official MCP server — read and write every Redis data structure, including vector search and streams.

Features

Work with strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, and streams
Vector search over Redis indexes
Pub/sub and JSON document operations

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
Merge the snippet below into it, filling in the environment variables with your own values.
Restart the agent — the "Redis" tools will be available.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redis": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "redis-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDIS_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "REDIS_PORT": "6379"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add the server with a single CLI command.

claude mcp add redis -e REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1 -e REDIS_PORT=6379 -- uvx redis-mcp-server

Claude Desktop

Add the server to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redis": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "redis-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDIS_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "REDIS_PORT": "6379"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": [
    "redis-mcp-server"
  ],
  "env": {
    "REDIS_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
    "REDIS_PORT": "6379"
  }
}

Windsurf

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": [
    "redis-mcp-server"
  ],
  "env": {
    "REDIS_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
    "REDIS_PORT": "6379"
  }
}

VS Code

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": [
    "redis-mcp-server"
  ],
  "env": {
    "REDIS_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
    "REDIS_PORT": "6379"
  }
}

Description

Redis's official MCP server gives an assistant natural-language access to a Redis instance across the full range of data structures rather than just get and set.

Coverage

Core types. Strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, and their associated operations.
Streams for event data, including consumer group inspection.
JSON documents via RedisJSON.
Vector search over Redis indexes, which makes it usable as the retrieval layer for an agent as well as the cache.
Pub/sub for publishing and inspecting channels.
Server introspection — memory usage, key counts, and configuration.

Where it earns its place

Redis is usually the least-documented part of a system: keys are created by application code and their conventions live in someone's head. Being able to ask what a key contains, what its TTL is, and how many of a pattern exist turns debugging a cache problem into a conversation.

Installed with uvx redis-mcp-server and configured through environment variables, with support for TLS, Redis Cloud, and cluster mode.

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