haiku.rag/docs/mcp.md
Yiorgis Gozadinos ce69a8c989
Remove the MCP write tools; the server opens read-only
add_document_from_file, add_document_from_url, add_document_from_text
and delete_document are gone. create_mcp_server and _covering lose
read_only; the client always opens with read_only=True, so the
--read-only flag before `mcp` is redundant and the docs, Dockerfiles and
compose example drop it.

Ingestion is `haiku-rag add`/`add-src`/`delete` and haiku-ingester. No
known consumer used the write tools; one stdio server per client window
made multi-writer the accidental default, and streamable HTTP has no auth.

The test_app stub drops a comment and __init__ that described run_mcp
constructing the client positionally; every path goes through _covering.

Refs #599
2026-09-04 12:59:48 +03:00

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# Model Context Protocol (MCP)
The MCP server exposes `haiku.rag` as MCP tools for compatible MCP clients like Claude Desktop.
## Starting MCP Server
The MCP server supports Streamable HTTP and stdio transports:
```bash
# Default streamable HTTP transport on 127.0.0.1:8001
haiku-rag mcp
# Custom port
haiku-rag mcp --port 9000
# Bind to all interfaces (e.g. inside a container)
haiku-rag mcp --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8001
# stdio transport (for Claude Desktop)
haiku-rag mcp --stdio
```
`--host` defaults to `127.0.0.1` (loopback only). Bind to `0.0.0.0` only
when you want the MCP server reachable from outside the local machine —
e.g. inside a Docker container with port mapping, or on a trusted LAN.
The server opens the database read-only. Ingestion goes through the CLI
(`haiku-rag add`, `add-src`, `delete`) or [`haiku-ingester`](ingester.md).
## Claude Desktop Integration
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (`claude_desktop_config.json`):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"haiku-rag": {
"command": "haiku-rag",
"args": ["mcp", "--stdio"]
}
}
}
```
With a custom database path:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"haiku-rag": {
"command": "haiku-rag",
"args": ["mcp", "--stdio", "--db", "/path/to/database.lancedb"]
}
}
}
```
After restarting Claude Desktop, you can ask Claude to search your documents or answer questions using your knowledge base.
## Available Tools
### Documents
- **`get_document`** - Retrieve a document by ID
- `document_id` (required): The document ID
- **`list_documents`** - List documents with pagination and filtering
- `limit` (optional): Maximum number to return
- `offset` (optional): Number to skip
- `filter` (optional): SQL WHERE clause for filtering
### Search
- **`search_documents`** - Search using hybrid search (vector + full-text)
- `query` (required): Search query
- `limit` (optional): Maximum results (uses config default if not specified)
- `include_images` (optional, default `true`): Attach base64-encoded picture bytes to picture-labeled results
- **`search_documents_by_image`** - Search using an image as the query (registered only when the configured embedder supports images)
- `image_base64` (required): Base64-encoded image (PNG/JPEG bytes)
- `limit` (optional): Maximum results
- `include_images` (optional, default `true`)
### Question Answering
- **`ask_question`** - Ask questions about your documents
- `question` (required): The question to ask
- `cite` (optional): Include source citations (default: false)
- `images_base64` (optional): Base64-encoded images attached to the question (requires a vision-capable QA model)
- **`analyze`** - Answer complex analytical questions via code execution
- `question` (required): The question to answer
- `filter` (optional): SQL WHERE clause to restrict document access
- `images_base64` (optional): Base64-encoded images attached to the question (requires a vision-capable analysis model)
- Best for aggregation, computation, and multi-document analysis
## Continuous ingestion
For continuous document ingestion (filesystem watch, S3 polling, HTTP
sources, a job queue with retries), run [`haiku-ingester`](ingester.md)
as a separate process against the same LanceDB.