Redis MCP Server
The official Redis MCP server that gives AI agents natural language access to Redis data structures — strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams, JSON, and vector indexes — including semantic search and Azure EntraID authentication.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Redis MCP server. Redis AUTH password + TLS in production. No query-level access control in Redis — all-or-nothing access. Agents with Redis access can read/write all keys.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You already run Redis and want agents to read/write cache, session, or vector data without hand-coding Redis commands.
Avoid When
You need structured relational queries or don't already have Redis in your stack — setup overhead may not be worth it for simple key-value needs.
Use Cases
- • Store and retrieve conversation history or agent state in Redis streams
- • Perform semantic vector search over Redis-indexed embeddings
- • Cache AI-generated content with TTL-based expiration
- • Manage session data with time-based retention for multi-turn agents
- • Subscribe to real-time Redis pub/sub events within an agentic workflow
Not For
- • Relational queries or complex joins — use a SQL MCP server instead
- • Teams without an existing Redis instance (requires external Redis deployment)
- • Workflows needing persistent relational data integrity guarantees
Interface
Authentication
Standard Redis: username/password with optional SSL/TLS. Azure: Service Principal, System/User Managed Identity, or DefaultAzureCredential with automatic token renewal. Redis ACL-based role restrictions supported.
Pricing
MIT licensed and free. Requires a Redis instance — Redis Community is free; Redis Cloud and Azure Managed Redis have their own pricing.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Requires Python 3.14+ which is a very recent requirement and may break existing environments
- ⚠ Azure EntraID token renewal is automatic but long-running agent sessions should be tested for token expiry edge cases
- ⚠ HTTP streaming transport is listed as planned but not yet available — stdio only for now
- ⚠ Vector index management requires Redis Stack or Redis with Search module enabled
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.