Vikingdb MCP Server

You can easily use it following the doc bellow: https://www.volcengine.com/docs/84313/1254444

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What is the Vikingdb MCP server?

Vikingdb mcp server connects Vikingdb to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. You can easily use it following the doc bellow: https://www.volcengine.com/docs/84313/1254444.

What Vikingdb does

You can easily use it following the doc bellow: https://www.volcengine.com/docs/84313/1254444

VikingDB is a high-performance vector database developed by ByteDance.

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 6 tools directly:

  • vikingdb-colleciton-intro — introduce the collection of vikingdb
  • vikingdb-index-intro — introduce the index of vikingdb
  • vikingdb-upsert-information — upsert information to vikingdb for later use
  • vikingdb-search-information — searche for information in the VikingDB
  • Tools — The Tools tool exposed by this server
  • Debugging — Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP

Installing the vikingdb mcp server

The server is distributed via npm as @smithery/cli, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Configuration

Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Vikingdb sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — vikingdb-colleciton-intro, vikingdb-index-intro, vikingdb-upsert-information among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • It will not start until its required credentials are present, so set those before wondering why the tools never appear.
  • Maintained by KashiwaByte.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the vikingdb mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
vikingdb-colleciton-introintroduce the collection of vikingdb
vikingdb-index-introintroduce the index of vikingdb
vikingdb-upsert-informationupsert information to vikingdb for later use
vikingdb-search-informationsearche for information in the VikingDB
ToolsThe Tools tool exposed by this server.
DebuggingSince MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector).

How to install the Vikingdb MCP server

Published Servers Configuration
  ```
{
    "mcpServers": {
      "mcp-server-vikingdb": {
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "mcp-server-vikingdb",
          "--vikingdb-host", 
          "your host",
          "--vikingdb-region", 
          "your region",
          "--vikingdb-ak", 
          "your access key",
          "--vikingdb-sk", 
          "your secret key",
          "--collection-name",
          "your collection name",
          "--index-name",
          "your index name"
      ]
     }
    }
  }

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
UV_PUBLISH_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Vikingdb to vikingdb-colleciton-intro.
  • Use Vikingdb to vikingdb-index-intro.
  • Use Vikingdb to vikingdb-upsert-information.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Vikingdb to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (vikingdb-colleciton-intro, vikingdb-index-intro, vikingdb-upsert-information, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Vikingdb directly.