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chroma_mcp_server

djm81/chroma_mcp_server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration for Chroma, the open-source embedding database.

Install

uvx chroma-mcp-server

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "chroma-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHROMA_CLIENT_TYPE": "<CHROMA_CLIENT_TYPE>",
        "CHROMA_DATA_DIR": "<CHROMA_DATA_DIR>",
        "CHROMA_LOG_DIR": "<CHROMA_LOG_DIR>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<LOG_LEVEL>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<MCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "MCP_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL": "<MCP_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

CHROMA_CLIENT_TYPECHROMA_DATA_DIRCHROMA_LOG_DIRMCP_LOG_LEVELMCP_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL
GitHub stars
1
Author
@djm81
Category
Knowledge Management, Developer Tools
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

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