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Vector database MCP servers

MCP servers for Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, Chroma, Milvus, and pgvector. Let AI agents store embeddings and run similarity search, ranked by trust.

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What to know about Vector database MCP servers

Vector database servers expose collections of embeddings as MCP tools. Typical tools create or list collections, upsert vectors with metadata, and run similarity queries with filters. Most major vendors now publish an official server, and community servers fill the gaps for self-hosted engines.

If you already run Postgres, a pgvector-aware database server may be all you need, since it handles vector columns alongside ordinary SQL. Dedicated engines such as Qdrant, Weaviate, Milvus, or Pinecone are a better fit once collections reach millions of vectors or you need fast filtered search and replication.

Watch which tools can write or delete. An agent with upsert and delete access can quietly reshape an index that other systems rely on. Read-only API keys, or a separate collection for agent experiments, keep production retrieval stable.

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Vector database MCP servers

The 12 strongest of 1133 matching servers. Servers that name the topic directly come first, then by trust score.

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  • Graphicle logo
    Trust score 74 of 100, Good

    Code graph and project memory for coding agents, cited to exact files and lines, on your machine.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. Apache-2.0 is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 4 days ago.
    498 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 74 of 100, Good

    Bhived MCP

    by artkeyai · TypeScript

    Shared memory for AI agents: query proven fixes, avoid known mistakes, and find skills and MCPs.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. Apache-2.0 is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: B. Last commit or release 31 days ago.
    35 stars323/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 73 of 100, Good

    open-memex

    by stoneskin · TypeScript

    Local-first memory for AI coding agents — Markdown + SQLite FTS5, shared across editors via MCP.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. Apache-2.0 is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 5 days ago.
    6 stars897/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 72 of 100, Good

    Mnemosyne

    by 28naem-del · TypeScript

    Evidence-tracked local memory MCP server: one SQLite file; corrections retire dependent memories.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: C. 65/100 for listing completeness. Lost points: no listed tools, short summary.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 10 days ago.
    153 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 72 of 100, Good

    infernoflow

    by ronmiz · JavaScript

    Git-native memory for coding agents: gotchas, decisions and bookmarks as plain text in your repo.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 29 days ago.
    8 stars638/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 71 of 100, Good

    Persistent local memory for coding agents: temporal knowledge graph, procedural and episodic recall

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 11 days ago.
    73 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • SynaBun logo
    Trust score 71 of 100, Good

    SynaBun

    by danilokhury · JavaScript

    Persistent memory MCP server for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode, stored locally in SQLite

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. Apache-2.0 is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 15 days ago.
    70 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 71 of 100, Good

    Redis MCP Server

    by yawlabs · TypeScript

    Read-first Redis MCP: SCAN key explorer, keyspace/TTL/memory/slowlog stats, DBA advisor

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 23 days ago.
    2 stars362/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 70 of 100, Good

    Vault Cortex

    by aliasunder · TypeScript

    Standalone MCP server for Obsidian vaults — hybrid search, notes & files, memory, tasks, OAuth 2.1

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 8 days ago.
    32 stars66/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 70 of 100, Good

    M3 Memory

    by skynetcmd · Python

    Local-first, cloud-friendly memory — 100+ tools, 99.2% LongMemEval-S retrieval@8, hybrid search.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. Apache-2.0 is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 21 days ago.
    29 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 70 of 100, Good

    audrey

    by evilander · JavaScript

    Local-first biological memory for coding agents: recall, consolidation, and pre-action Guard checks.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: B. Last commit or release 48 days ago.
    26 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
  • Trust score 70 of 100, Good

    Long-term memory and context fitting for agents, with no LLM in the loop. Local SQLite.

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    LicenseQualityMaintenanceLicense: A. MIT is a permissive open source license.Quality: Not graded. No README or tool list has been captured yet.Maintenance: A. Last commit or release 8 days ago.
    24 stars—/wk weekly downloads— tools
Setup

How to install one

  1. Compare the shortlist. Graphicle leads this topic. Open two or three listings and compare their tools, transport, and required API keys.
  2. Copy the config for your client. Each listing has an install guide, for example Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or VS Code. The client guides show where each config file lives.
  3. Scope credentials, then restart. Use the narrowest token or folder the server needs, restart the client, and check that the new tools appear.
FAQ

Vector database MCP questions

Which vector database has the best MCP support?

Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, Chroma, and Milvus all have maintained servers, several of them official. The ranking below orders them by trust score, so the top results are the best documented and most actively maintained.

Does the MCP server create the embeddings for me?

Some do: they call an embedding model when you upsert plain text. Others expect you to pass vectors you computed yourself. Check the server's tool list for a text input on its upsert or query tool.

Can I use Postgres instead of a dedicated vector database?

Yes. With the pgvector extension, Postgres stores and searches embeddings, and general database MCP servers can query those columns. It is a simple choice when your data already lives in Postgres.

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