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To add RAWThink to Claude, run the install command below or copy the ready-made config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code further down. Restart your client after adding it and its tools show up in your next conversation. It declares 9 environment variables, listed below.

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Install

uvx rawthink-mcp@2.0.1

Environment variables

RAWTHINK_VAULTSet in your MCP config
MEMORY_FILE_PATHSet in your MCP config
QDRANT_URLSet in your MCP config
QDRANT_PATHSet in your MCP config
OLLAMA_URLSet in your MCP config
OLLAMA_MODELSet in your MCP config
RAWTHINK_TOOL_PROFILESet in your MCP config
RAWTHINK_BM25_STATESet in your MCP config
RAWTHINK_LOG_LEVELSet in your MCP config

Set only if the maker requires them; this listing does not flag any of them as required.

Install with your client

Terminal
claude mcp add rawthink --env RAWTHINK_VAULT=<YOUR_RAWTHINK_VAULT> --env MEMORY_FILE_PATH=<YOUR_MEMORY_FILE_PATH> --env QDRANT_URL=<YOUR_QDRANT_URL> --env QDRANT_PATH=<YOUR_QDRANT_PATH> --env OLLAMA_URL=<YOUR_OLLAMA_URL> --env OLLAMA_MODEL=<YOUR_OLLAMA_MODEL> --env RAWTHINK_TOOL_PROFILE=<YOUR_RAWTHINK_TOOL_PROFILE> --env RAWTHINK_BM25_STATE=<YOUR_RAWTHINK_BM25_STATE> --env RAWTHINK_LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_RAWTHINK_LOG_LEVEL> -- uvx rawthink-mcp@2.0.1

Run this in a terminal to add the server to Claude Code.

What this does

RAWThink exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.

Requirements

This server declares the following environment variables. Set only the ones the maker requires for your setup; this listing does not flag any of them as required:

RAWTHINK_VAULT
MEMORY_FILE_PATH
QDRANT_URL
QDRANT_PATH
OLLAMA_URL
OLLAMA_MODEL
RAWTHINK_TOOL_PROFILE
RAWTHINK_BM25_STATE
RAWTHINK_LOG_LEVEL

Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).

Frequently asked questions

How do I install RAWThink?

Run the Claude Code command in the install section to add RAWThink to Claude Code, or copy the ready-made config for your client from the install section on this page. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.

Which clients work with RAWThink?

This page carries setup and config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to RAWThink as well.

Does RAWThink need an API key?

This listing does not flag an API key as required. The server can use these environment variables: RAWTHINK_VAULT, MEMORY_FILE_PATH, QDRANT_URL, QDRANT_PATH, OLLAMA_URL, OLLAMA_MODEL, RAWTHINK_TOOL_PROFILE, RAWTHINK_BM25_STATE, RAWTHINK_LOG_LEVEL; the maker's docs say which of them your setup needs. They go in the env block of your MCP config.

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