About Lancedb Mcp Server
A basic serverless MCP server that uses LanceDB to store and retrieve documents. It is intended as a reference for building more complex LanceDB applications.
Key features
- 01Ingest documents into LanceDB
- 02Retrieve stored documents
- 03Get table details
Use cases
- 01Store a blog’s documents for retrieval
- 02Query stored documentation
- 03Inspect LanceDB table details
MCP support
Exposes three tools to MCP clients: document ingestion, document retrieval, and table-detail lookup.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMELanceDB MCP server
This is a basic, serveless MCP server that uses LanceDB to store and retrieve data. It is intended to be used as a reference for building complex MCP apps with LanceDB.
It provides 3 tools:
- Ingest docs
- Retrieve docs
- Get table details
Installation
Just add the following config to your claude mcp config file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"lancedb": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/Path/to/your/lancedb_mcp",
"run",
"/path/to/your/mcp/lancedb_mcp.py"
]
}
}
}
Ingest docs
Embed your docs and store them into lancedb for retreival. Here's an example of ingesting an entire blog into lancedb.
Retrieve docs
Query your docs. Here's an example of querying lancedb for a blog post.
Get table details
Get table details. Here's an example of getting table details.
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