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Set up Upstash MCP in VS Code

Create and manage Upstash serverless Redis databases, list keys, run commands, and interact with your Upstash account using natural language.

1

Locate the config file

VS Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

.vscode/settings.json → mcp section

Create this file if it does not already exist. For VS Code, this is inside your workspace .vscode/settings.json file under the mcp section.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your VS Code config file:

json
{
  "servers": {
    "upstash-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@upstash/mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UPSTASH_EMAIL": "YOUR_UPSTASH_EMAIL",
        "UPSTASH_API_KEY": "YOUR_UPSTASH_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Upstash MCP requires the following environment variables:

UPSTASH_EMAILRequired

Upstash account email

UPSTASH_API_KEYRequired

Upstash management API key

4

Verify it works

Restart VS Code. Upstash MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 10 tools available.

This server adds approximately 5,150 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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