Chroma MCP

An MCP server for Chroma, the open-source embedding database, enabling AI models to create collections, add documents with metadata, and retrieve data using vector search, full text search, and metadata filtering. It supports ephemeral, persistent, HTTP, and cloud client types.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by chroma-core

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Create and manage vector collections
Query documents using semantic search
Add documents with optional metadata
Retrieve documents by IDs or filters

Source and maintenance

Community listing

docker-mcp: chroma Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Nov 1, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC

Packages and installation

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mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874

oci

mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry-1.docker.io"
}

Tools

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chroma_add_documents

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chroma_add_documents input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_create_collection

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chroma_create_collection input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_delete_collection

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chroma_delete_collection input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_delete_documents

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chroma_delete_documents input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_fork_collection

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chroma_fork_collection input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_get_collection_count

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chroma_get_collection_count input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_get_collection_info

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chroma_get_collection_info input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_get_documents

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chroma_get_documents input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_list_collections

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chroma_list_collections input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_modify_collection

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chroma_modify_collection input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_peek_collection

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chroma_peek_collection input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_query_documents

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chroma_query_documents input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

chroma_update_documents

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chroma_update_documents input schema

{
  "type": "",
  "required": null,
  "properties": null
}

Connect from your client

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this local stdio configuration, replace every placeholder environment value, and restart Cline. Koskamo has not executed this package.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "chroma-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chroma-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "mcp/chroma@sha256:c050ca8e1d4e258dd66649fc91acbc77615ce4b89bbc18281a985932bd9c9874"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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