# mcp-server-weaviate
[](https://smithery.ai/server/@weaviate/mcp-server-weaviate)
MCP server for Weaviate
## 🏎️ Quickstart
### Prerequisites
- Ensure you have `uv` installed (see
[the docs](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) for
details)
- Clone this repository
### Install
#### Installing via Smithery
To install Weaviate MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@weaviate/mcp-server-weaviate):
```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @weaviate/mcp-server-weaviate --client claude
```
#### Claude Desktop
On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration
```
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-weaviate": {
"command": "PYTHON_PATH",
"args": [
"-m",
"src.server",
"--weaviate-url",
"YOUR_WEAVIATE_URL",
"--weaviate-api-key",
"YOUR_WEAVIATE_API_KEY",
"--search-collection-name",
"YOUR_SEARCH_COLLECTION",
"--store-collection-name",
"YOUR_STORE_COLLECTION",
"--openai-api-key",
"YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"
],
"env": {
"PYTHONPATH": "PATH_TO_MCP_SERVER_WEAVIATE_DIRECTORY"
}
}
}
}
```
