Name: Redis Cloud
Author: redis

LABSCO SUMMARY

Every create call hands back a task, not a database.

create-pro-subscription, create-essential-subscription, create-pro-database and create-essential-database all return a task ID that you then poll with get-task-by-id, so provisioning is inherently two-step. The tools state their own prerequisites in order: verify a payment method, validate modules against get-database-modules, validate regions against get-pro-plans-regions. Deletion is available on the essential tier through delete-essential-subscription, and create-essential-database warns that a free database needs get-essential-subscriptions checked first.

What it is

A control-plane server for a Redis Cloud account, covering subscriptions, databases and the asynchronous tasks that create them.

What you get

Account state: the current account, its payment methods, the database modules it supports, and the regions available per cloud provider
Pro subscriptions listed, fetched by subscriptionId, and created — creation returns a task ID rather than a finished subscription
Essential subscriptions listed with page and size paging, fetched by ID, created, and deleted, alongside the essentials plans for a chosen provider
Databases inside a subscription: pro and essential lists with limit and offset, and creation on both tiers with the full property set (persistence, eviction policy, TLS, replication, sharding)
Task tracking through get-tasks and get-task-by-id, which is how every create call is followed to completion
A dryRun flag on the pro subscription and pro database creates

Requirements

A Redis Cloud account with API credentials, supplied as API_KEY and SECRET_KEY.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — npx -y mcp-redis-cloud, then supply credentials

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Standing up a database on request

Confirm the account can pay, check which regions and modules are actually available to it, create the subscription, then create the database inside it — with dryRun first if the shape is uncertain.

get-current-payment-methodsget-pro-plans-regionsget-database-modulescreate-pro-subscriptioncreate-pro-database

02

Taking stock of what the account already runs

Pro and essential subscriptions are listed separately, and each database list is scoped to a subscription id, so the inventory is assembled rather than read in one place.

get-current-accountget-pro-subscriptionsget-pro-databasesget-essential-subscriptionsget-essential-databases

03

Following a creation that has not finished yet

Creates return a task ID rather than a finished resource, so the state of a half-built subscription or database is read from the task rather than guessed at from the list.

get-tasksget-task-by-id

04

Starting small on an essential plan

Plans are listed per provider and paginated; the free tier is a check against existing essential subscriptions before creating another one.

get-essentials-planscreate-essential-subscriptioncreate-essential-database

05

Retiring a subscription nobody uses

Read the subscription by ID and the databases under it before deleting, since deletion is scoped to the subscription rather than to what it contains.

get-essential-subscription-by-idget-essential-databasesdelete-essential-subscription

18 tools

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`create-essential-database`

Create a new essential database inside the specified subscription ID. Returns a TASK ID that can be used to track the status of the database creation. IMPORTANT GUIDELINES: 1) DO NOT set optional parameters unless explicitly requested. 2) Modules can only be selected if protocol is 'redis'. 3) When creating a free database, first call the get-essential-subscriptions tool to check if a free database already exists (each account is limited to one free database). 4) For database modules, validate against get-database-modules list. 5) The payload must match the input schema.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

18 tools when we connected. The server registers hyphenated names such as get-current-account; the documentation's underscore spellings, such as get_current_account, do not exist. Database tools such as create-pro-database are undocumented.

Requires

npx on PATH
API_KEY in your environment
SECRET_KEY in your environment

CONTEXT COST

Moderate Standing cost

Rated by the size of the 18 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

npx -y mcp-redis-cloud

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop

Clone and build it

CLAUDE DESKTOP · TERMINAL

git clone https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis-cloud.git
cd mcp-redis-cloud
npm install
npm run build

Add it to Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop settings → Developer → Edit config, and add this to claude_desktop_config.json. <YOUR_ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PROJECT_ROOT> is the full path of your clone.

CLAUDE DESKTOP · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-redis-cloud": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "--experimental-fetch",
        "<YOUR_ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PROJECT_ROOT>/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Clone and build it

CURSOR · TERMINAL

git clone https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis-cloud.git
cd mcp-redis-cloud
npm install
npm run build

Add it to Cursor

Open Cursor Settings, go to the MCP tab, click "Add new global MCP Server", and put this in the mcp.json it opens. <YOUR_ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PROJECT_ROOT> is the full path of your clone.

CURSOR · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-redis-cloud": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "--experimental-fetch",
        "<YOUR_ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PROJECT_ROOT>/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop — Docker

CLAUDE DESKTOP — DOCKER · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redis-cloud": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "-e",
        "SECRET_KEY=<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>",
        "mcp/redis-cloud"
      ]
    }
  }
}

docker run pulls mcp/redis-cloud from Docker Hub. The README builds that tag itself instead — docker build -t mcp/redis-cloud . inside a clone of https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis-cloud — and this block runs either one. <YOUR_API_KEY> and <YOUR_SECRET_KEY> are your Redis Cloud API key and secret key.

Redis Cloud

Every create call hands back a task, not a database.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Standing up a database on request

Taking stock of what the account already runs

Following a creation that has not finished yet

Starting small on an essential plan

Retiring a subscription nobody uses

18 tools

`create-essential-database`

`create-essential-subscription`

`create-pro-database`

`create-pro-subscription`

`delete-essential-subscription`

`get-current-account`

`get-current-payment-methods`

`get-database-modules`

`get-essential-databases`

`get-essential-subscription-by-id`

`get-essential-subscriptions`

`get-essentials-plans`

`get-pro-databases`

`get-pro-plans-regions`

`get-pro-subscription`

`get-pro-subscriptions`

`get-task-by-id`

`get-tasks`

What to know first

Tools you get

Requires

Moderate Standing cost

Connect your client

Server setup

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop

Cursor

Claude Desktop — Docker

Redis Cloud

Every create call hands back a task, not a database.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Standing up a database on request

Taking stock of what the account already runs

Following a creation that has not finished yet

Starting small on an essential plan

Retiring a subscription nobody uses

18 tools

create-essential-database

create-essential-subscription

create-pro-database

create-pro-subscription

delete-essential-subscription

get-current-account

get-current-payment-methods

get-database-modules

get-essential-databases

get-essential-subscription-by-id

get-essential-subscriptions

get-essentials-plans

get-pro-databases

get-pro-plans-regions

get-pro-subscription

get-pro-subscriptions

get-task-by-id

get-tasks

What to know first

Tools you get

Requires

Moderate Standing cost

Connect your client

Server setup

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop

Cursor

Claude Desktop — Docker

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`create-essential-database`

`create-essential-subscription`

`create-pro-database`

`create-pro-subscription`

`delete-essential-subscription`

`get-current-account`

`get-current-payment-methods`

`get-database-modules`

`get-essential-databases`

`get-essential-subscription-by-id`

`get-essential-subscriptions`

`get-essentials-plans`

`get-pro-databases`

`get-pro-plans-regions`

`get-pro-subscription`

`get-pro-subscriptions`

`get-task-by-id`

`get-tasks`