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mcp-server-qdrant: A Qdrant MCP server
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that enables seamless integration between LLM applications and external data sources and tools. Whether you’re building an AI-powered IDE, enhancing a chat interface, or creating custom AI workflows, MCP provides a standardized way to connect LLMs with the context they need.
This repository is an example of how to create a MCP server for Qdrant, a vector search engine.
Overview
A basic Model Context Protocol server for keeping and retrieving memories in the Qdrant vector search engine. It acts as a semantic memory layer on top of the Qdrant database.
Components
Tools
qdrant-store-memory
- Store a memory in the Qdrant database
- Input:
information
(string): Memory to store
- Returns: Confirmation message
qdrant-find-memories
- Retrieve a memory from the Qdrant database
- Input:
query
(string): Query to retrieve a memory
- Returns: Memories stored in the Qdrant database as separate messages
Installation
Using uv (recommended)
When using uv
no specific installation is needed to directly run mcp-server-qdrant.
uv run mcp-server-qdrant \
--qdrant-url "http://localhost:6333" \
--qdrant-api-key "your_api_key" \
--collection-name "my_collection" \
--fastembed-model-name "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
Installing via Smithery
To install Qdrant MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx @smithery/cli install mcp-server-qdrant --client claude
Usage with Claude Desktop
To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json
:
{
"qdrant": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-qdrant",
"--qdrant-url",
"http://localhost:6333",
"--qdrant-api-key",
"your_api_key",
"--collection-name",
"your_collection_name"
]
}
}
Replace http://localhost:6333
, your_api_key
and your_collection_name
with your Qdrant server URL, Qdrant API key
and collection name, respectively. The use of API key is optional, but recommended for security reasons, and depends on
the Qdrant server configuration.
This MCP server will automatically create a collection with the specified name if it doesn't exist.
By default, the server will use the sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
embedding model to encode memories.
For the time being, only FastEmbed models are supported, and you can change it
by passing the --fastembed-model-name
argument to the server.
Using the local mode of Qdrant
To use a local mode of Qdrant, you can specify the path to the database using the --qdrant-local-path
argument:
{
"qdrant": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-qdrant",
"--qdrant-local-path",
"/path/to/qdrant/database",
"--collection-name",
"your_collection_name"
]
}
}
It will run Qdrant local mode inside the same process as the MCP server. Although it is not recommended for production.
Environment Variables
The configuration of the server can be also done using environment variables:
QDRANT_URL
: URL of the Qdrant server, e.g.http://localhost:6333
QDRANT_API_KEY
: API key for the Qdrant serverCOLLECTION_NAME
: Name of the collection to useFASTEMBED_MODEL_NAME
: Name of the FastEmbed model to useQDRANT_LOCAL_PATH
: Path to the local Qdrant database
You cannot provide QDRANT_URL
and QDRANT_LOCAL_PATH
at the same time.
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.