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Redis MCP Server

Official Redis MCP server: lets AI agents read, write and search Redis data (strings, hashes, streams, JSON, vectors).

Author: Redis
Works with: Any MCP client
License: MIT
Last release: Aug 5, 2026
Documented: Oct 2, 2026

What Redis MCP Server is

A natural-language interface for agentic apps to manage and search data in Redis. It supports the stdio transport and installs from PyPI via uvx. Tools cover core Redis data types, JSON, streams, pub/sub, vector search and documentation search.

What it does

Where Redis MCP Server runs and what it adds, from its documentation

String, hash, list, set and sorted-set tools
Streams tools including consumer groups
Pub/sub publish and subscription reading
JSON document tools
Query engine tools for vector indexes and vector search
Docs search and server information tools

When to use it

Good fit

You want an agent to cache, store sessions or queue data in Redis
You need vector index management and search from an agent
You want to restrict access with a Redis ACL read-only user

Not for

You need streamable-HTTP transport (README says only stdio is supported for now)

How to install Redis MCP Server

You need: uv (uvx) or Docker; Python 3.14+ per the README badge; A reachable Redis instance

Install uv
Add the server to your MCP client config using uvx --from redis-mcp-server@latest redis-mcp-server --url redis://localhost:6379/0
Alternatively use REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, REDIS_PWD, REDIS_SSL env variables, or the Docker image
Optionally create a read-only Redis ACL user for the server

Configuration example (from the official docs)

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

Permissions and security

What it can access

Reads and writes data in the connected Redis database, limited by the Redis user's ACL
Docs tool calls an HTTP API configured via MCP_DOCS_SEARCH_URL

Security notes from the maintainers

README shows creating a read-only ACL user (ACL SETUSER readonlyuser on >mypassword ~* +@read -@write)
Use rediss:// with ssl_cert_reqs=required and ssl_ca_certs to verify the server

Review the source before granting an agent access to credentials or production systems. We document what the maintainers state; we do not audit code.