🧠 mcp.chroma MCP Server

A ChromaDB MCP server for vector embeddings, collections, and document management.

Local serverstdio

What is the 🧠 mcp.chroma MCP Server?

🧠 mcp.chroma is an MCP project maintained in the volteditor/mcp.chroma repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A ChromaDB MCP server for vector embeddings, collections, and document management”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using mcp-chroma. 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 CHROMA_API_KEY. 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 🧠 mcp.chroma MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma": {
      "command": "mcp-chroma",
      "args": [
        "--client-type",
        "http",
        "--host",
        "localhost",
        "--port",
        "8000"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHROMA_API_KEY": "YOUR_CHROMA_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
CHROMA_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation