Calypso Multimodal RAG MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 97 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Aug 2026.
Calypso multimodal RAG for grounded answers from docs, images, charts, and knowledge.
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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 -- npx -y @calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"multimodal-rag-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.multimodal-rag-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"]{
"mcpServers": {
"multimodal-rag-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"multimodal-rag-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@calypsohq/multimodal-rag-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
CALYPSO_API_KEY (Calypso API key used to access the Calypso Responses API.), CALYPSO_API_BASE_URL (Optional Calypso-compatible API base URL. Defaults to https://api.calypso.so/v1.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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