Redis MCP Server (@gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp@1.0.0)

A Redis Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for interacting with Redis databases. This server enables LLMs to interact with Redis key-value stores through a set of standardized tools.

Installation & Usage

Installing via Smithery

To install Redis MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp --client claude

Installing Manually

# Using npx with specific version (recommended)
npx @gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp@1.0.0 redis://your-redis-host:port

# Example:
npx @gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp@1.0.0 redis://localhost:6379

Or install globally:

# Install specific version globally
npm install -g @gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp@1.0.0

# Run after global installation
@gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp redis://your-redis-host:port

Components

Tools

set
- Set a Redis key-value pair with optional expiration
- Input:
  - key (string): Redis key
  - value (string): Value to store
  - expireSeconds (number, optional): Expiration time in seconds
get
- Get value by key from Redis
- Input: key (string): Redis key to retrieve
delete
- Delete one or more keys from Redis
- Input: key (string | string[]): Key or array of keys to delete
list
- List Redis keys matching a pattern
- Input: pattern (string, optional): Pattern to match keys (default: *)

Configuration

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:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@gongrzhe/server-redis-mcp@1.0.0",
        "redis://localhost:6379"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can use the node command directly if you have the package installed:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redis": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/build/index.js",
        "redis://10.1.210.223:6379"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Docker Usage

When using Docker:

For macOS, use host.docker.internal if the Redis server is running on the host network
Redis URL can be specified as an argument, defaults to "redis://localhost:6379"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redis": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", 
        "-i", 
        "--rm", 
        "mcp/redis", 
        "redis://host.docker.internal:6379"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Development

Building from Source

Clone the repository
Install dependencies:
npm install
Build the project:
npm run build

Docker Build

docker build -t mcp/redis .

License

This MCP server is licensed under the ISC License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.