Calypso Multimodal RAG MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 121 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Aug 2026.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add multimodal-rag-mcp-server -e 'CALYPSO_API_KEY=<CALYPSO_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"multimodal-rag-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CALYPSO_API_KEY": "<CALYPSO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.multimodal-rag-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"]
env = { CALYPSO_API_KEY = "<CALYPSO_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"multimodal-rag-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CALYPSO_API_KEY": "<CALYPSO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"multimodal-rag-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CALYPSO_API_KEY": "<CALYPSO_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CALYPSO_API_KEY> (Calypso API key used to access the Calypso Responses API).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
CALYPSO_API_BASE_URL (Optional Calypso-compatible API base URL. Defaults to https://api.calypso.so/v1).
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