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

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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
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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⁠Chroma MCP Server

⁠MCP Info

⁠Image Building Info

⁠Available Tools (13)

⁠Tools Details

⁠Tool: chroma_add_documents

⁠Tool: chroma_create_collection

⁠Tool: chroma_delete_collection

⁠Tool: chroma_delete_documents

⁠Tool: chroma_fork_collection

⁠Tool: chroma_get_collection_count

⁠Tool: chroma_get_collection_info

⁠Tool: chroma_get_documents

⁠Tool: chroma_list_collections

⁠Tool: chroma_modify_collection

⁠Tool: chroma_peek_collection

⁠Tool: chroma_query_documents

⁠Tool: chroma_update_documents