Instead of navigating through web interfaces or complex setup processes, you can get a free, fully functional vector database cluster up and running it directly from Claude, Cursor or any other…
Zilliz Mcp Server is an MCP project maintained in the zilliztech/zilliz-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Instead of navigating through web interfaces or complex setup processes, you can get a free, fully functional vector database cluster up and running it directly…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented pypi package is zilliz-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_projects | List all projects in your Zilliz Cloud account. |
| list_clusters | List all clusters within your projects. |
| create_free_cluster | Create a new, free-tier Milvus cluster. |
| describe_cluster | Get detailed information about a specific cluster. |
| suspend_cluster | Suspend a running cluster to save costs. |
| resume_cluster | Resume a suspended cluster. |
| query_cluster_metrics | Query various performance metrics for a cluster. |
| list_databases | List all databases within a specific cluster. |
| list_collections | List all collections within a database. |
| create_collection | Create a new collection with a specified schema. |
| describe_collection | Get detailed information about a collection, including its schema. |
| insert_entities | Insert entities (data records with vectors) into a collection. |
| delete_entities | Delete entities from a collection based on IDs or a filter expression. |
| search | Perform a vector similarity search on a collection. |
| query | Query entities based on a scalar filter expression. |
| hybrid_search | Perform a hybrid search combining vector similarity and scalar filters. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"zilliz-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"zilliz-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN": "YOUR_ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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