Contextual AI MCP
Contextual AI
Streamable HTTP (hosted endpoint per platform guidance); stdio (repository implementation)1 documented tools1
About Contextual AI MCP
MCP integrations that route questions to Contextual AI agents for retrieval-augmented answers grounded in a configured knowledge base and returned with citations.
What you can use it for
- Ask questions over a configured Contextual AI knowledge base
- Retrieve domain-specific answers with source citations
- Use Contextual AI agent retrieval from Cursor or Claude Desktop
Connection and setup
- Hosting
- both: hosted platform server and local repository implementations
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP (hosted endpoint per platform guidance); stdio (repository implementation)
- Endpoint
- https://mcp.app.contextual.ai/mcp/
- Authentication
- The local implementation requires Contextual AI API_KEY and AGENT_ID. Hosted sign-in and entitlement details are not fully captured in inspected repository text.
Requirements
- Contextual AI account/agent
- API key and agent ID for local implementation
- Python 3.10+ for local implementation
- uv or pip
Setup steps
- Hosted option: add https://mcp.app.contextual.ai/mcp/ as a remote server and follow Contextual AI platform sign-in/authorization.
- Local option: clone the official repository, create a Python environment, and install with pip install -e .
- Configure API_KEY and AGENT_ID for the target agent.
- Choose the documented server variant and customize its query-tool description for the knowledge domain.
Tools 1
Current repo documents a query-focused RAG tool. Hosted agent/knowledge-base configuration and authentication determine the usable context; the single stored name is the documented baseline, not an authenticated runtime snapshot.
- 01
queryAn enterprise search tool that can answer questions about a specific knowledge base
Parameters: prompt, agent_id
Limitations and notes
- Local repository implementation currently documents stdio only.
- Responses depend on API limits/quotas and configured agent.
- Remote hosted server is a distinct implementation path from the repository server.
Original sources
- official publisher repository README
Confirms hosted endpoint, local installation, Python/API key/agent prerequisites, and current query-focused scope.
- official documentation linked by repository
Repository points to this as full platform capability documentation; detailed pages not extracted in this pass.
- live runtime tools list
Unauthenticated JSON-RPC tools/list response; 1 tool names returned with descriptions.
- official documentation
Current product documentation for Contextual AI agents and retrieval-backed query use.
Documentation checked 2026-10-28. Connection has not been runtime tested.
