needle-mcp

needle-mcp is an MCP server, listed under memory & vectors. It reaches needle. It needs NEEDLE_API_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 104 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

Needle MCP Server for easy RAG.Long-term memory for LLMs.

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. needle-mcp’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

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What does needle-mcp do?

Needle MCP Server for easy RAG.Long-term memory for LLMs.

How do I install needle-mcp?

Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/needle-ai/needle-mcp

What does needle-mcp connect to, and what does it need?

It reaches needle. The credentials we found in its source are NEEDLE_API_KEY.

Is needle-mcp official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 104 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-07-27.

What licence does needle-mcp use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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