redis/mcp-redis
The official Redis MCP Server is a natural language interface designed for agentic applications to manage and search data in Redis efficiently
Is redis/mcp-redis beginner-friendly?
The maintainers of redis/mcp-redis usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.
- Stars
- 640
- Forks
- 124
- Open beginner issues
- 2
- Indexed issues
- 17
- Avg merge
- 51m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 11
- Dominant language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Last GitHub push
- Nov 3, 2026
- Latest indexed
- Sep 19, 2026
- Contributing guide
- No contributing guide
- Code of conduct
- No code of conduct
- Beginner labels
- No beginner labels indexed
How to contribute to redis/mcp-redis
- There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
- It ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file, so you can run it without installing its whole toolchain.
- Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
- Pick one of the 2 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100
redis/mcp-redis#67 · 1 comment ·
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needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
redis/mcp-redis#45 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·
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read_messages: the first read after subscribe/psubscribe returns no messages even when some are waitingPossibly taken @matheussilvano claimed this 3 days ago. Open
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100
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get_vector_from_hash fails after any other tool has run, and calling it first makes every other tool return bytes (shared connection ignores decode_responses)Possibly taken @matheussilvano claimed this 3 days ago. Open
Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 30/100
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No tool reads a key's TTL or lists a stream's consumer groups, so agents use write tools to answer read questionsPossibly taken @SnowWhiteDad claimed this 6 days ago. Open
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100
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hget and list pop tools report valid empty strings as missing dataPossibly taken @as992949791 claimed this 8 days ago. Open
Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100
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Feature request: add batch list writes for safer agent queue updatesPossibly taken @PoisonGodv claimed this 12 days ago. Open
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100
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`--host`/`--port` CLI defaults silently override REDIS_HOST/REDIS_PORT env varsPossibly taken @joenermunch claimed this 93 days ago. Open
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 75/100
redis/mcp-redis#156 · 1 comment ·
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Add option to force Redis RESP2 protocol for Redis <= 5 compatibilityPossibly taken @adity982 claimed this 54 days ago. Open
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100
redis/mcp-redis#149 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·
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