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Darwin RAG MCP

A local-first RAG engine that ingests documents, indexes them with BM25 and dense embeddings, and exposes search through an MCP server. It allows AI agents to search PDFs, notes, and other files privately on the user's machine without sending data to the cloud.

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Darwin RAG MCP logo, by BrightDotDevCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by BrightDotDev
You need:pip install darwin-rag
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  • Popularity 3 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Ingest PDFs, Markdown, HTML, and spreadsheets into a local knowledge base
  • Search indexed documents using hybrid, semantic, or keyword retrieval
  • Generate LLM-backed answers synthesized from retrieved sources
  • Configure MCP client integration for agents like Claude or Cursor

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.18MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.Brightdotdev/darwin-rag@0.2.18Source repository
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Latest release
v0.2.14
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Packages and installation

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darwin-rag 0.2.18

pypi
darwin-rag package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.18",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "darwin-rag",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "mcp"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "description": "OpenAI API key for LLM answer generation"
    },
    {
      "name": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "description": "Anthropic API key for LLM answer generation"
    },
    {
      "name": "GEMINI_API_KEY",
      "description": "Google Gemini API key"
    },
    {
      "name": "DARWIN_BASE_DIR",
      "description": "Override the base data directory"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag==0.2.18",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "DARWIN_BASE_DIR": "<YOUR_DARWIN_BASE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag==0.2.18",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "DARWIN_BASE_DIR": "<YOUR_DARWIN_BASE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "darwin-rag-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag==0.2.18",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "DARWIN_BASE_DIR": "<YOUR_DARWIN_BASE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag==0.2.18",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "DARWIN_BASE_DIR": "<YOUR_DARWIN_BASE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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