PinRAG

io.github.ndjordjevic/pinrag · v0.9.27

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Terminal

claude mcp add pinrag -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<OPENROUTER_API_KEY> -e PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR=<PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR> -- uvx pinrag==0.9.27

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinrag": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pinrag==0.9.27"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR": "<PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinrag": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pinrag==0.9.27"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR": "<PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pinrag": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pinrag==0.9.27"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR": "<PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`OPENROUTER_API_KEY` Required, secret	OpenRouter API key — required for the default chat LLM (PINRAG_LLM_PROVIDER defaults to openrouter). Get a key at openrouter.ai.
`PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR` Optional	Absolute path to the Chroma vector store directory (recommended so indexes are not tied to the server process cwd).

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	9 Apr 2026
Last updated	9 Apr 2026
Registry name	`io.github.ndjordjevic/pinrag`

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