LlamaCloud MCP Server
A MCP server connecting to multiple managed indexes on LlamaCloud
This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that creates multiple tools, each connected to a specific managed index on LlamaCloud. Each tool is defined through command-line arguments.
Features
Tools
- Creates a separate tool for each index you define
- Each tool provides a
query
parameter to search its specific index - Auto-generates tool names like
get_information_index_name
based on index names
Installation
To use with your MCP Client (e.g. Claude Desktop, Windsurf or Cursor), add the following config to your MCP client config:
1{ 2 "mcpServers": { 3 "llamacloud": { 4 "command": "npx", 5 "args": [ 6 "-y", 7 "@llamaindex/mcp-server-llamacloud", 8 "--index", 9 "10k-SEC-Tesla", 10 "--description", 11 "10k SEC documents from 2023 for Tesla", 12 "--index", 13 "10k-SEC-Apple", 14 "--description", 15 "10k SEC documents from 2023 for Apple" 16 ], 17 "env": { 18 "LLAMA_CLOUD_PROJECT_NAME": "<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>", 19 "LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>" 20 } 21 } 22 } 23}
For Claude, the MCP config can be found at:
- On MacOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- On Windows:
%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Tool Definition Format
In the args
array of the MCP config, you can define multiple tools by providing pairs of --index
and --description
arguments. Each pair defines a new tool.
For example:
1--index "10k-SEC-Tesla" --description "10k SEC documents from 2023 for Tesla"
Adds a tool for the 10k-SEC-Tesla
LlamaCloud index to the MCP server.
Development
Install dependencies:
1npm install
Build the server:
1npm run build
For development with auto-rebuild:
1npm run watch
To use the development version, replace in your MCP config npx @llamaindex/mcp-server-llamacloud
with node ./build/index.js
.
Debugging
Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:
1npm run inspector
The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.