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ragflow-kb-mcp
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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
RAGFLOW_API_KEYYesRAGFlow API key.
RAGFLOW_TIMEOUTNoHTTP timeout in seconds, default 120.120
RAGFLOW_BASE_URLYesRAGFlow base URL, e.g. https://ragflow.example.com (/api/v1 is added if missing).
RAGFLOW_UPLOAD_ROOTSNoDirectories that file_path uploads may read from, separated by ':' (';' on Windows).
RAGFLOW_DISABLED_TOOLSNoComma-separated tool names to leave out, e.g. the delete tools.
RAGFLOW_DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODELNoEmbedding model for new datasets, in the form model_name@factory.

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
ragflow_list_datasetsA

List datasets (knowledge bases) with IDs, descriptions and document/chunk counts.

ragflow_get_datasetB

Get one dataset, including its parser configuration.

ragflow_create_datasetC

Create a dataset (knowledge base) that uses a built-in chunking method.

ragflow_update_datasetB

Update dataset settings. Only the fields you pass change.

ragflow_delete_datasetsA

Permanently delete datasets together with all their documents and chunks.

ragflow_list_documentsB

List documents in a dataset with their parsing status and chunk counts.

ragflow_upload_documentB

Add a document to a dataset from text, base64 bytes, a URL or an allowed local file.

ragflow_update_documentB

Rename a document, replace its metadata, enable or disable it, or change its parser.

ragflow_download_documentB

Read a document's original file. Text files come back as text; binary files only as size and type.

ragflow_delete_documentsA

Permanently delete documents and their chunks from a dataset.

ragflow_parse_documentsA

Start (or restart) parsing documents into chunks; optionally wait until it finishes.

ragflow_stop_parsingA

Stop parsing documents that are queued or running.

ragflow_ingest_documentsC

Start, rerun, cancel or clear ingestion of documents; also parses datasets that use an ingestion pipeline.

ragflow_list_chunksC

List the parsed chunks of a document.

ragflow_get_chunkB

Get one chunk with its text, keywords, questions and availability.

ragflow_set_chunks_availabilityB

Switch many chunks of a document on or off for retrieval at once.

ragflow_add_chunkC

Add a hand-written chunk to a document.

ragflow_update_chunkB

Edit a chunk's text, keywords or questions, or switch it on or off for retrieval.

ragflow_delete_chunksB

Permanently delete chunks from a document.

ragflow_metadata_summaryB

Show which metadata keys and values the documents of a dataset use, with counts.

ragflow_update_metadataB

Set or remove metadata on many documents of a dataset at once.

ragflow_retrievalB

Search datasets and return the matching chunks with their exact text and source document.

ragflow_list_chatsB

List chat assistants with their datasets and retrieval settings.

ragflow_get_chatA

Get one chat assistant with its full model and prompt configuration.

ragflow_create_chatC

Create a chat assistant that answers from the given datasets.

ragflow_update_chatB

Change some settings of a chat assistant; llm_setting and prompt_config are merged into the existing ones.

ragflow_replace_chat_settingsA

Update a chat assistant with PUT semantics: llm_setting and prompt_config you pass replace the stored objects.

ragflow_delete_chatA

Permanently delete one chat assistant and its sessions.

ragflow_delete_chatsA

Permanently delete several chat assistants.

ragflow_list_chat_sessionsB

List the sessions of a chat assistant (without their messages).

ragflow_get_chat_sessionB

Get a chat session with its messages.

ragflow_create_chat_sessionA

Start a new session with a chat assistant; it opens with the assistant's prologue.

ragflow_rename_chat_sessionC

Rename a chat session.

ragflow_delete_chat_sessionsB

Permanently delete sessions of a chat assistant.

ragflow_delete_chat_messageA

Delete a question and its answer (they share one message ID) from a chat session; returns the remaining messages.

ragflow_rate_chat_messageC

Give thumbs up or down, with optional feedback, to an assistant answer.

ragflow_chatB

Ask a chat assistant a question and get its answer with the cited chunks.

ragflow_openai_chat_completionA

Ask a chat assistant through its OpenAI-compatible endpoint; no session is stored.

ragflow_related_questionsC

Generate related questions that help search for a topic.

ragflow_mind_mapA

Build a mind map (a tree of name/children nodes) of a topic from datasets; runs several LLM calls and can take minutes.

ragflow_text_to_speechB

Turn text into speech with the tenant's TTS model; returns the audio as base64.

ragflow_speech_to_textC

Transcribe an audio file with the tenant's speech-to-text model.

ragflow_list_agentsA

List agents (agent canvases and ingestion pipelines) without their graphs.

ragflow_get_agentA

Get one agent's settings, and its graph (DSL) on request.

ragflow_list_agent_templatesA

List the built-in agent templates; pass template_id to get one template's DSL for ragflow_create_agent.

ragflow_create_agentB

Create an agent from a graph (DSL).

ragflow_update_agentA

Change an agent's title, description, permission or graph, and publish it with release=true.

ragflow_delete_agentA

Permanently delete an agent and its versions.

ragflow_create_agent_sessionA

Start a named conversation with an agent; pass its id as session_id to ragflow_agent_chat.

ragflow_list_agent_sessionsB

List an agent's conversation sessions with their messages.

ragflow_delete_agent_sessionsB

Permanently delete conversation sessions of an agent.

ragflow_agent_chatB

Send a message to an agent and wait for its complete answer.

ragflow_upload_agent_fileB

Upload a file for an agent run; pass the returned object in ragflow_agent_chat files.

ragflow_download_agent_attachmentA

Download an agent attachment. Text comes back as text; binary content as base64 on request.

ragflow_list_memoriesB

List memories (agent conversation memory stores) with their types and models.

ragflow_get_memory_configB

Get a memory's full configuration, including its extraction prompts.

ragflow_create_memoryB

Create a memory that stores and extracts agent conversations.

ragflow_update_memoryB

Update memory settings. Only the fields you pass change.

ragflow_delete_memoryA

Permanently delete a memory and all of its messages.

ragflow_list_memory_messagesB

List a memory's stored dialogue messages, the memories extracted from each, and extraction progress.

ragflow_add_memory_messageA

Save one user/agent exchange to memories; extraction runs in the background.

ragflow_search_memory_messagesC

Search memories for messages relevant to a query.

ragflow_recent_memory_messagesC

Get the most recent messages stored in memories.

ragflow_get_memory_messageA

Get one memory message with its full content (without the embedding vector).

ragflow_set_memory_message_statusB

Enable or disable a memory message for agents.

ragflow_forget_memory_messageB

Forget a memory message: agents stop retrieving it and it is evicted first when space runs out.

ragflow_list_filesA

List files and folders in a file-manager folder (root when parent_id is omitted), plus the folder above it.

ragflow_upload_fileA

Upload a file into the file manager (not into a dataset); link it to datasets later if needed.

ragflow_create_folderB

Create a folder (or an empty virtual file) in the file manager; a taken name gets a numbered suffix.

ragflow_get_parent_folderA

Get the folder that directly contains a file or folder.

ragflow_get_file_ancestorsA

List all folders above a file or folder, up to the root.

ragflow_download_fileA

Read a file from the file manager. Text comes back as text; binary only on request, as base64.

ragflow_move_filesA

Move files or folders to another folder, rename one item, or both.

ragflow_delete_filesB

Permanently delete files or folders (with their contents) from the file manager.

ragflow_link_files_to_datasetsB

Turn file-manager files into documents of datasets. Runs in the background and does not parse.

ragflow_upload_attachmentA

Store a file as a runtime attachment for chat or agent conversations; it joins no dataset.

ragflow_create_commitA

Commit changes to a workspace folder: writes file content, renames, or deletes files, and records history.

ragflow_list_commitsB

List the commit history of a workspace folder, newest first by default.

ragflow_get_commitA

Get one commit with the list of file changes it made.

ragflow_list_commit_filesC

List the file changes recorded in one commit.

ragflow_diff_commitsB

Compare two commits of a workspace and list which files were added, modified, deleted or renamed.

ragflow_get_uncommitted_changesA

Show files in a workspace that changed since its last commit (like git status).

ragflow_get_commit_treeB

Get the folder tree of a workspace as it was at one commit.

ragflow_get_commit_file_contentB

Read a file's content as it was at one commit.

ragflow_get_file_versionsB

List the commits that changed one file, with operation, hash and message.

ragflow_list_search_appsB

List search apps (saved search configurations that answer questions from datasets).

ragflow_get_search_appB

Get one search app with its full search configuration.

ragflow_create_search_appA

Create a search app; pass dataset_ids so ragflow_search_app_completion can answer from them.

ragflow_update_search_appA

Change a search app. Configuration keys you pass are merged into the saved ones.

ragflow_delete_search_appA

Permanently delete a search app (its datasets stay).

ragflow_search_app_completionA

Answer a question with a search app's datasets and LLM; returns the answer and its source chunks.

ragflow_healthA

Check whether RAGFlow and its database, cache, document engine, storage and queue are healthy.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

TDQS

C2.9/5.0

Scored across 92 tools

Disambiguation2/5

The set contains many closely related operations whose boundaries are subtle: ragflow_chat, ragflow_openai_chat_completion, ragflow_search_app_completion, and ragflow_agent_chat all answer questions but differ by backend/session semantics. There are also near-overlaps between upload_file/upload_document/upload_attachment/upload_agent_file, update_chat/replace_chat_settings, delete_chat/delete_chats, and file-manager vs dataset document tools. Descriptions help, but with 92 tools an agent is likely to misselect.

Naming Consistency4/5

Almost all tools use the ragflow_ prefix with a verb_noun pattern (list_datasets, create_chat, delete_documents, update_memory), which is predictable. Minor inconsistencies exist in singular/plural variants (delete_chat vs delete_chats, create_chat_session vs delete_chat_sessions) and in the exceptional replace_chat_settings verb.

Tool Count1/5

With 92 tools, the surface is far beyond a manageable MCP server scope and creates selection overload. Even though the underlying RAGFlow product is broad, this tool count is an extreme mismatch for practical agent use.

Completeness4/5

Coverage is extensive across datasets, documents, chunks, chat assistants, agents, memories, search apps, files, commits, metadata, retrieval, and health checks. Most lifecycle operations are present, with only minor gaps such as no obvious single-document metadata get tool separate from list/download.

Maintenance

ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo recent community issues