Upstash MCP Server

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a new, standardized protocol for managing context between large language models (LLMs) and external systems. In this repository, we provide an installer as well as an MCP Server for Upstash Developer API's.

This lets you use Claude Desktop, or any MCP Client, to use natural language to accomplish things on your Upstash account, e.g.:

• "Create a new Redis database in us-east-1"
• "List all databases"
• "See keys starting with "user:" in users-db"
• "Create a backup"
• "Give me the spikes in throughput for the last 7 days"

Usage

Requirements

• Node.js >= v18.0.0
• Claude Desktop
• Upstash API key - You can create one from here.

How to use locally

Installing via Smithery

To install Upstash for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @upstash/mcp-server --client claude

Installing manually

1. Run npx @upstash/mcp-server init <UPSTASH_EMAIL> <UPSTASH_API_KEY>
2. Restart Claude Desktop
3. You should now be able to use Upstash commands in Claude Desktop

See the troubleshooting guide in the MCP documentation. You can also reach out to us at Discord.

NOTE: If you are using a node version manager like nvm or fnm, please check this issue. You should change the node command in the MCP config to the absolute path of the node binary.

Tools

Redis

• redis_database_create_backup
• redis_database_create_new
• redis_database_delete
• redis_database_delete_backup
• redis_database_get_details
• redis_database_list_backups
• redis_database_list_databases
• redis_database_reset_password
• redis_database_restore_backup
• redis_database_run_multiple_redis_commands
• redis_database_run_single_redis_command
• redis_database_set_daily_backup
• redis_database_update_regions
• redis_database_get_usage_last_5_days
• redis_database_get_stats

Development

Clone the project and run:

bun install
npm run watch

This will continuously build the project and watch for changes.

For testing, you can create a .env file in the same directory as the project with the following content:

UPSTASH_EMAIL=<UPSTASH_EMAIL>
UPSTASH_API_KEY=<UPSTASH_API_KEY>

This will be used for setting the Claude config and running mcp inspector.

Testing with Claude Desktop

To install the Claude Desktop config for local development, run the following command:

npm run setup

This will add an upstash entry to your MCP config file that points to the local build of the package.

{
  "upstash": {
    "command": "node",
    "args": ["<path-to-repo>/dist/index.js", "run", "<UPSTASH_EMAIL>", "<UPSTASH_API_KEY>"]
  }
}

NOTE: The same issue with node version manager applies here. Please look at the note in the usage section if you are using a node version manager.

You can now use Claude Desktop to run Upstash commands.

To view the logs from the MCP Server in real time, run the following command:

npm run logs

Testing with MCP Inspector

You can also use the MCP Inspector to test the tools.

npm run inspector