MCP server for Manticore Search — lets AI assistants query and manage search databases.
Connect Manticore Search to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for Manticore Search — lets AI assistants query and manage search databases. The manticore search mcp server is what makes that connection.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
run_query — Execute SQL queries (SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE, etc.)list_tables — List all tables and indexesdescribe_table — Get table schemalist_documentation — List available documentation filesget_documentation — Fetch specific documentation from Manticore manualInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverTools — The Tools tool exposed by this serverPrompts — The Prompts tool exposed by this serverSafety — The Safety tool exposed by this serverArchitecture — The Architecture tool exposed by this servermcp-manticore on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Configuration is passed through the environment: MANTICORE_HOST, MANTICORE_PORT, MANTICORE_ALLOW_WRITE_ACCESS, MANTICORE_ALLOW_DROP, MANTICORE_MCP_SERVER_TRANSPORT, MANTICORE_MCP_BIND_PORT, MANTICORE_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN. 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.
Among the knowledge and memory options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Manticore Search's toolset — run_query, list_tables, describe_table and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by manticoresoftware; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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 |
|---|---|
| run_query | Execute SQL queries (SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE, etc.) |
| list_tables | List all tables and indexes |
| describe_table | Get table schema |
| list_documentation | List available documentation files |
| get_documentation | Fetch specific documentation from Manticore manual |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
| Tools | The Tools tool exposed by this server. |
| Prompts | The Prompts tool exposed by this server. |
| Safety | The Safety tool exposed by this server. |
| Architecture | The Architecture tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"manticore": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-manticore"],
"env": {
"MANTICORE_HOST": "localhost",
"MANTICORE_PORT": "9308"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MANTICORE_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| MANTICORE_PORT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MANTICORE_ALLOW_WRITE_ACCESS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MANTICORE_ALLOW_DROP | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MANTICORE_MCP_SERVER_TRANSPORT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MANTICORE_MCP_BIND_PORT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MANTICORE_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GITHUB_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
A knowledge graph your assistant keeps between sessions — entities, relations and observations that persist.
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Your workspace, on speaking terms with AI — search, read and write Notion pages and databases.
A structured scratchpad for hard problems — stepwise reasoning with revisions, branches and visible logic.
Symbol-level code navigation, refactoring and memory for coding agents — the IDE brain your assistant has been missing.
Chat with your second brain — search, read and write vault notes through the Local REST API.