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MCP Redis

MCP Redis is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The official Redis MCP Server is a natural language interface designed for agentic applications to manage and search data in… It has 631 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx redis-mcp-server.

github.com/redis/mcp-redis (opens in a new tab)

  • Official
  • Needs API key
  • Databases
  • MIT
  • Actively maintained
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Install MCP Redis

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-redis": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "redis-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOW": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOW=your-value --transport stdio mcp-redis -- uvx redis-mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-redis": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "redis-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOW": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "redis_entraid_auth_flow",
      "description": "REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOW",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-redis": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "redis-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOW": "${input:redis_entraid_auth_flow}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
REDIS_HOSTNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_PORTNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_PWDNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_SSLNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_SSL_CA_PATHNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_CLUSTER_MODENoShown in the README's example configuration.
MCP_REDIS_LOG_LEVELNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOWsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_ENTRAID_SCOPESNoShown in the README's example configuration.
REDIS_USERNAMENoShown in the README's example configuration.

Tools (5)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

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  • list

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  • streams

    tools to add, read, delete, create and destroy consumer groups, and acknowledge processed entries in data streams.

  • docs

    tool to search Redis documentation, tutorials, and best practices using natural language questions (backed by the…

About MCP Redis

This MCP Server provides tools to manage the data stored in Redis. The Redis MCP Server is available as a PyPI package and as direct installation from the GitHub repository.

  • database
  • genai
  • llm
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • redis

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What is MCP Redis?

MCP Redis is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The official Redis MCP Server is a natural language interface designed for agentic applications to manage and search data in… It has 631 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx redis-mcp-server. The source code is at github.com/redis/mcp-redis.

How do I install the MCP Redis MCP server?

Add the command uvx redis-mcp-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is MCP Redis free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (REDIS_ENTRAID_AUTH_FLOW) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is MCP Redis actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 2, 2026. The latest release is 0.5.1, published Aug 5, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.