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PinRAG

io.github.ndjordjevic/pinrag·v0.9.27·Chat & Messaging
Quality Score
85
/100

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§01  Install
Claude Desktop (uvx)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinrag": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pinrag"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<your-openrouter_api_key>",
        "PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR": "<pinrag_persist_dir>"
      }
    }
  }
}
§02  Environment variables
OPENROUTER_API_KEY
requiredsecret

OpenRouter API key — required for the default chat LLM (PINRAG_LLM_PROVIDER defaults to openrouter). Get a key at openrouter.ai.

PINRAG_PERSIST_DIR

Absolute path to the Chroma vector store directory (recommended so indexes are not tied to the server process cwd).

§03  MCP Quality Score  ·  methodology
freshness
25
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
5
§04  Alternatives in Chat & Messaging