Code knowledge and metadata with live update, knowledge library, semantic and vector searches
Code knowledge and metadata with live update, knowledge library, semantic and vector searches. That is what the workspace mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
Project-scoped vector database for AI assistants, providing hybrid semantic + keyword search with automatic project detection.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at qdrant/qdrant on a container image and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
The server publishes 8 tools. What each one is for:
search — Hybrid semantic + keyword search across indexed contentretrieve — Direct document lookup by ID or metadata filterrules — Manage persistent behavioral rulesstore — Store content, register projects, save notesgrep — Exact substring or regex search using FTS5list — List project files and folder structurePrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverVerify — The Verify tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: QDRANT_URL, CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, QDRANT_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
docker run -d -p 6333:6333 -v qdrant_storage:/qdrant/storage qdrant/qdrant - C compiler - Required for compiling Tree-sitter grammars on first use. Tree-sitter grammars are distributed as C source and compiled locally. - macOS: xcode-select --install (Xcode Command Line Tools) - Linux: apt install build-essential (Debian/Ubuntu) or `dnf groupinstall "DevelopmentPlenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Workspace's toolset — search, retrieve, rules and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search | Hybrid semantic + keyword search across indexed content |
| retrieve | Direct document lookup by ID or metadata filter |
| rules | Manage persistent behavioral rules |
| store | Store content, register projects, save notes |
| grep | Exact substring or regex search using FTS5 |
| list | List project files and folder structure |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Verify | The Verify tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-com-chrisgve-workspace-qdrant": {
"command": "docker",
"args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "qdrant/qdrant"],
"env": {
"QDRANT_URL": "your-value",
"CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR": "your-value",
"QDRANT_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
docker run -d -p 6333:6333 -v qdrant_storage:/qdrant/storage qdrant/qdrant - C compiler - Required for compiling Tree-sitter grammars on first use. Tree-sitter grammars are distributed as C source and compiled locally. - macOS: xcode-select --install (Xcode Command Line Tools) - Linux: apt install build-essential (Debian/Ubuntu) or `dnf groupinstall "Development| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| QDRANT_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| QDRANT_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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