redis mcp for VS Code

io.github.upstash/redis-mcp

Run Redis commands and look up Upstash Redis Search docs against Upstash Redis over HTTP or TCP.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install redis mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "upstash-redis-rest-url",
      "description": "UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "upstash-redis-rest-token",
      "description": "UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "upstash-redis-tcp-url",
      "description": "UPSTASH_REDIS_TCP_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "redis-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@upstash/redis-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL": "${input:upstash-redis-rest-url}",
        "UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN": "${input:upstash-redis-rest-token}",
        "UPSTASH_REDIS_TCP_URL": "${input:upstash-redis-tcp-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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