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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides database capabilities for Chroma.

MCP server installable needs setup network: on runtime: sysbox

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Chroma MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides database capabilities for Chroma.

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MCP Info

Attribute Details
Docker Image mcp/chroma
Author chroma-core
Repository https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma-mcp

Image Building Info

Attribute Details
Dockerfile https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma-mcp/blob/98ff67589bdcc31b730a5415ff9529433f949077/Dockerfile
Commit 98ff67589bdcc31b730a5415ff9529433f949077
Docker Image built by Docker Inc.
Docker Scout Health Score Docker Scout Health Score
Verify Signature COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/chroma --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub
Licence Apache License 2.0

Available Tools (13)

Tools provided by this Server Short Description
chroma_add_documents Add documents to a Chroma collection.
chroma_create_collection Create a new Chroma collection with configurable HNSW parameters.
chroma_delete_collection Delete a Chroma collection.
chroma_delete_documents Delete documents from a Chroma collection.
chroma_fork_collection Fork a Chroma collection.
chroma_get_collection_count Get the number of documents in a Chroma collection.
chroma_get_collection_info Get information about a Chroma collection.
chroma_get_documents Get documents from a Chroma collection with optional filtering.
chroma_list_collections List all collection names in the Chroma database with pagination support.
chroma_modify_collection Modify a Chroma collection's name or metadata.
chroma_peek_collection Peek at documents in a Chroma collection.
chroma_query_documents Query documents from a Chroma collection with advanced filtering.
chroma_update_documents Update documents in a Chroma collection.

Tools Details

Tool: chroma_add_documents

Add documents to a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to add documents to
documents array List of text documents to add
ids array List of IDs for the documents (required)
metadatas string optional Optional list of metadata dictionaries for each document
Tool: chroma_create_collection

Create a new Chroma collection with configurable HNSW parameters.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to create
embedding_function_name string optional Name of the embedding function to use. Options: 'default', 'cohere', 'openai', 'jina', 'voyageai', 'ollama', 'roboflow'
metadata string optional Optional metadata dict to add to the collection
Tool: chroma_delete_collection

Delete a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to delete
Tool: chroma_delete_documents

Delete documents from a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to delete documents from
ids array List of document IDs to delete
Tool: chroma_fork_collection

Fork a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to fork
new_collection_name string Name of the new collection to create
Tool: chroma_get_collection_count

Get the number of documents in a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to count
Tool: chroma_get_collection_info

Get information about a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to get info about
Tool: chroma_get_documents

Get documents from a Chroma collection with optional filtering.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to get documents from
ids string optional Optional list of document IDs to retrieve
include array optional List of what to include in response. By default, this will include documents, and metadatas.
limit string optional Optional maximum number of documents to return
offset string optional Optional number of documents to skip before returning results
where string optional Optional metadata filters using Chroma's query operators
where_document string optional Optional document content filters
Tool: chroma_list_collections

List all collection names in the Chroma database with pagination support.

Parameters Type Description
limit string optional Optional maximum number of collections to return
offset string optional Optional number of collections to skip before returning results
Tool: chroma_modify_collection

Modify a Chroma collection's name or metadata.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to modify
new_metadata string optional Optional new metadata for the collection
new_name string optional Optional new name for the collection
Tool: chroma_peek_collection

Peek at documents in a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to peek into
limit integer optional Number of documents to peek at
Tool: chroma_query_documents

Query documents from a Chroma collection with advanced filtering.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to query
query_texts array List of query texts to search for
include array optional List of what to include in response. By default, this will include documents, metadatas, and distances.
n_results integer optional Number of results to return per query
where string optional Optional metadata filters using Chroma's query operators
where_document string optional Optional document content filters
Tool: chroma_update_documents

Update documents in a Chroma collection.

Parameters Type Description
collection_name string Name of the collection to update documents in
ids array List of document IDs to update (required)
documents string optional Optional list of new text documents.
embeddings string optional Optional list of new embeddings for the documents.
metadatas string optional Optional list of new metadata dictionaries for the documents.

Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "CHROMA_API_KEY",
        "mcp/chroma"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHROMA_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

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