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Darwin RAG MCP Server

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Darwin RAG is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. 345 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 27 Aug 2026.

Local-first RAG engine with MCP server for AI agent integration.

Installs per day peak 503 · avg 134 · -58% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 0%
47 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
Tools
hidden behind auth
61 ms
Response time
average over 24h
345
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add darwin-rag --transport http https://your-host.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "url": "https://your-host.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.darwin-rag]
url = "https://your-host.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "url": "https://your-host.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "darwin-rag": {
      "url": "https://your-host.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key for LLM answer generation), ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key for LLM answer generation), GEMINI_API_KEY (Google Gemini API key), DARWIN_BASE_DIR (Override the base data directory). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://your-host.com/mcp streamable-http answering 61 ms 13 min ago

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Darwin RAG — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is Darwin RAG working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 61 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Darwin RAG as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Darwin RAG?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Darwin RAG need an API key?
No. Darwin RAG completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How many people use Darwin RAG?
The pypi package darwin-rag was installed 345 times in the last week. Week over week that is -58%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Darwin RAG open source?
We cannot say either way: written in Python and 1 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.