Darwin RAG MCP Server

Name: Darwin RAG MCP Server
Author: io.github.Brightdotdev

io.github.Brightdotdev/darwin-rag

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What is the Darwin RAG MCP server?

Local-first RAG engine with MCP server for AI agent integration.

How to install Darwin RAG

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

OPENAI_API_KEY
secret
OpenAI API key for LLM answer generation
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
secret
Anthropic API key for LLM answer generation
GEMINI_API_KEY
secret
Google Gemini API key
DARWIN_BASE_DIR
Override the base data directory

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag",
        "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag",
        "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag",
        "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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "darwin-rag",
        "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 Code

claude mcp add darwin-rag --env OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY> --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> --env DARWIN_BASE_DIR=<YOUR_DARWIN_BASE_DIR> -- uvx darwin-rag mcp