Project-scoped Qdrant MCP server with hybrid search and configurable collections

Inspired by claude-qdrant-mcp with enhanced project detection, Python implementation, and flexible collection management.

workspace-qdrant-mcp provides intelligent vector database operations through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), featuring automatic project detection, hybrid search capabilities, and configurable collection management for seamless integration with Claude Desktop and Claude Code.

Prerequisites

Qdrant server must be running - workspace-qdrant-mcp connects to Qdrant for vector operations.

• Local: Default http://localhost:6333
• Cloud: Requires QDRANT_API_KEY environment variable

For local installation, see the Qdrant repository. For documentation examples, we assume the default local setup.

Installation

# Install globally with uv (recommended)
uv tool install workspace-qdrant-mcp

# Or with pip
pip install workspace-qdrant-mcp

After installation, run the setup wizard:

workspace-qdrant-setup

This interactive wizard will guide you through configuration, test your setup, and get you ready to use the MCP server with Claude in minutes.

For development setup, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

MCP Integration

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "workspace-qdrant-mcp": {
      "command": "workspace-qdrant-mcp",
      "env": {
        "QDRANT_URL": "http://localhost:6333",
        "COLLECTIONS": "project",
        "GLOBAL_COLLECTIONS": "docs,references"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add workspace-qdrant-mcp

Configure environment variables through Claude Code's settings or your shell environment.

Configuration

Environment Variables

Embedding Model Options

Choose the embedding model that best fits your system resources and quality requirements:

Lightweight (384D) - Good for limited resources:

• sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 (default) - Fast, low memory

Balanced (768D) - Better quality, moderate resources:

• BAAI/bge-base-en-v1.5 - Excellent for most use cases
• jinaai/jina-embeddings-v2-base-en - Good multilingual support
• thenlper/gte-base - Google's T5-based model

High Quality (1024D) - Best results, high resource usage:

• BAAI/bge-large-en-v1.5 - Top performance for English
• mixedbread-ai/mxbai-embed-large-v1 - Latest state-of-the-art

Configuration example:

# Use a more powerful model
export FASTEMBED_MODEL="BAAI/bge-base-en-v1.5"

# Or in Claude Desktop config
"env": {
  "FASTEMBED_MODEL": "BAAI/bge-base-en-v1.5"
}

Collection Naming

Collections are automatically created based on your project and configuration:

Project Collections:

• COLLECTIONS="project" → creates {project-name}-project
• COLLECTIONS="scratchbook,docs" → creates {project-name}-scratchbook, {project-name}-docs

Global Collections:

• GLOBAL_COLLECTIONS="docs,references" → creates docs, references

Example: For project "my-app" with COLLECTIONS="scratchbook,docs":

• my-app-scratchbook (project-specific notes)
• my-app-docs (project-specific documentation)
• docs (global documentation)
• references (global references)

Usage

Interact with your collections through natural language commands in Claude:

Store Information:

• "Store this note in my project scratchbook: [your content]"
• "Add this document to my docs collection: [document content]"

Search & Retrieve:

• "Search my project for information about authentication"
• "Find all references to the API endpoint in my scratchbook"
• "What documentation do I have about deployment?"

Hybrid Search:

• Combines semantic search (meaning-based) with keyword search (exact matches)
• Automatically optimizes results using reciprocal rank fusion (RRF)
• Searches across project and global collections

CLI Tools

Interactive Setup Wizard

Get up and running in minutes with the guided setup wizard:

# Interactive setup with guided prompts
workspace-qdrant-setup

# Advanced mode with all configuration options
workspace-qdrant-setup --advanced

# Non-interactive mode for automation
workspace-qdrant-setup --non-interactive

The setup wizard:

• Tests Qdrant connectivity and validates configuration
• Helps choose optimal embedding models
• Configures Claude Desktop integration automatically
• Creates sample documents for immediate testing
• Provides final system verification

Diagnostics and Testing

Comprehensive troubleshooting and health monitoring:

# Full system diagnostics
workspace-qdrant-test

# Test specific components
workspace-qdrant-test --component qdrant
workspace-qdrant-test --component embedding

# Include performance benchmarks
workspace-qdrant-test --benchmark

# Generate detailed report
workspace-qdrant-test --report diagnostic_report.json

Health Monitoring

Real-time system health and performance monitoring:

# One-time health check
workspace-qdrant-health

# Continuous monitoring with live dashboard
workspace-qdrant-health --watch

# Detailed analysis with optimization recommendations
workspace-qdrant-health --analyze

# Generate health report
workspace-qdrant-health --report health_report.json

Collection Management

Use wqutil for collection management and administration:

# List collections
wqutil list-collections

# Collection information  
wqutil collection-info my-project-scratchbook

# Validate configuration
workspace-qdrant-validate

# Check workspace status
wqutil workspace-status

Document Ingestion

Batch process documents for immediate searchability:

# Ingest documents from a directory
workspace-qdrant-ingest /path/to/docs --collection my-project

# Process specific formats only
workspace-qdrant-ingest /path/to/docs -c my-project -f pdf,md

# Preview what would be processed (dry run)
workspace-qdrant-ingest /path/to/docs -c my-project --dry-run

Documentation

• API Reference - Complete MCP tools documentation
• Contributing Guide - Development setup and guidelines
• Benchmarking - Performance testing and metrics

Troubleshooting

Quick Diagnostics:

# Run comprehensive system diagnostics
workspace-qdrant-test

# Get real-time health status
workspace-qdrant-health

# Run setup wizard to reconfigure
workspace-qdrant-setup

Connection Issues:

# Test Qdrant connectivity specifically
workspace-qdrant-test --component qdrant

# Verify Qdrant is running
curl http://localhost:6333/collections

# Validate complete configuration
workspace-qdrant-validate

Performance Issues:

# Run performance benchmarks
workspace-qdrant-test --benchmark

# Monitor system resources
workspace-qdrant-health --watch

# Get optimization recommendations
workspace-qdrant-health --analyze

Collection Issues:

# List current collections
wqutil list-collections

# Check project detection
wqutil workspace-status

For detailed troubleshooting, see API.md.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Related Projects:

• claude-qdrant-mcp - Original TypeScript implementation
• Qdrant - Vector database
• FastMCP - MCP server framework