---
title: "Redis: setup for Claude, Cursor, Codex · DotsAgent"
description: "Lets an agent work with Redis data structures, search and vector indexes in plain language. Set up Redis in 13 MCP clients."
url: https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/redis
---

Data · Redis

# Set up Redis

Lets an agent work with Redis data structures, search and vector indexes in plain language.

- **Publisher**: Redis Official
- **Run locally**: `uvx --from redis-mcp-server@latest redis-mcp-server --url redis://localhost:6379/0`
- **Transports**: stdio
- **Authentication**: A Redis URL with credentials, passed with --url.
- **What it can touch**: Read and write.
- **Licence**: MIT
- **Source**: [github.com/redis/mcp-redis](https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis)
- **Status**: Active

## Install

This server runs on your machine as a child process of the client. You need the runtime its command uses, such as Node.js for npx, uv for uvx or Docker, plus any variables listed under Environment.

### Claude Code

`shell`

```
claude mcp add --scope project redis -- uvx --from redis-mcp-server@latest redis-mcp-server --url redis://localhost:6379/0
```

### Cursor

`.cursor/mcp.json`

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

### Codex

`~/.codex/config.toml`

```
[mcp_servers.redis]
command = "uvx"
args = ["--from", "redis-mcp-server@latest", "redis-mcp-server", "--url", "redis://localhost:6379/0"]
```

[Config for other clients →](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/config#add=redis)

## Other servers in data

- [Airtable](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/airtable): Query, create and update records in Airtable bases, limited to the bases you authorise.

- [BigQuery](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/google-bigquery): Google-hosted endpoint to explore BigQuery datasets and run SQL. Cloud SQL and Spanner have their own.

- [MCP Toolbox for Databases](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/mcp-toolbox-databases): One server with prebuilt tool sets for Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery, AlloyDB, Spanner and other databases.

- [Supabase](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/supabase): Manage Supabase projects from an agent: run SQL, apply migrations, read logs and deploy Edge Functions.

- [Neon](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/neon): Create Neon Postgres projects and branches, run SQL and do branch-based migrations. Meant for development use.

- [MongoDB](https://dotsagent.io/mcp/servers/mongodb): Query and administer MongoDB databases and Atlas clusters, using a connection string or an Atlas service account.

## Sources

1. [github.com](https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis)/redis/mcp-redis

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