Set up Weaviate MCP in Claude Desktop

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Locate the config file

Claude Desktop reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config file:

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weaviate-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-weaviate"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WEAVIATE_URL": "YOUR_WEAVIATE_URL",
        "WEAVIATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_WEAVIATE_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up environment variables

Weaviate MCP requires the following environment variables:

WEAVIATE_URLRequired

Weaviate instance URL

WEAVIATE_API_KEYOptional

Weaviate API key for authentication

Verify it works

Restart Claude Desktop. Weaviate MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 11 tools available.

This server adds approximately 5,665 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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