Chroma MCP Server

Stabledatabase

★240 starsPythonchroma-core

About

Overview

The Chroma MCP Server provides tools for working with ChromaDB, the open-source embedding database. AI agents can create collections, add documents with automatic embedding generation, query by similarity, and manage metadata filters. A popular choice for building local RAG systems and AI memory stores.

Capabilities

Tools & Capabilities

⚡add_documents

Add documents to a collection with automatic embedding

⚡query

Query for similar documents using text or embeddings

⚡create_collection

Create a new collection

⚡list_collections

List all collections

⚡delete_collection

Delete a collection and all its data

Setup

Installation

bash

Install

pip install chroma-mcp

Examples

Example Usage

javascript

Usage

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "chroma_mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CHROMA_HOST": "localhost",
        "CHROMA_PORT": "8000"
      }
    }
  }
}

Quick Info

Authorchroma-core

LanguagePython

StatusStable

Stars★ 240

Last UpdatedFeb 12, 2026