inception-mcp MCP Server

A wrapper around INCEpTION's AERO v1 REST API, exposing corpus management operations as MCP tools and CLI commands.

Local serverstdio

What is the inception-mcp Server?

inception-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the raphfaure/inception-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A wrapper around INCEpTION's AERO v1 REST API, exposing corpus management operations as MCP tools and CLI commands”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares INCEPTION_URL, INCEPTION_USER, INCEPTION_PASSWORD. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the inception-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inception": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--directory",
        "/absolute/path/to/inception-mcp",
        "inception-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INCEPTION_URL": "http://localhost:8080",
        "INCEPTION_USER": "admin",
        "INCEPTION_PASSWORD": "YOUR_INCEPTION_PASSWORD"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
INCEPTION_URL	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
INCEPTION_USER	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
INCEPTION_PASSWORD	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation