# Milvus MCP Server (Zilliz)
> Self-hosted MCP server for a Milvus instance. Provides text, vector, hybrid, and text-similarity search; filtered queries; collection management; and entity insertion/deletion.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/milvus-zilliz-mcp
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: Zilliz
- Categories: database, search, version-control

## Website

https://milvus.io/

## Repository

https://github.com/zilliztech/mcp-server-milvus

## Transports

stdio, SSE, Streamable HTTP

## Authentication

Connects to a configured Milvus URI; MILVUS_TOKEN is optional depending on the instance. The README also documents a separate Zilliz Cloud MCP repository, which is not this server.

## Tools

- **milvus_text_search**: Full-text search documents in a Milvus collection.
- **milvus_vector_search**: Search a collection by vector similarity.
- **milvus_hybrid_search**: Combine text and vector search in a Milvus collection.
- **milvus_text_similarity_search**: Search text using a configured Milvus embedding function; requires Milvus 2.6 or later.
- **milvus_query**: Query a collection using a filter expression.
- **milvus_list_collections**: List collections in the Milvus database.
- **milvus_create_collection**: Create a collection with quick setup or a custom schema.
- **milvus_load_collection**: Load a collection into memory for search and query.
- **milvus_release_collection**: Release a collection from memory.
- **milvus_get_collection_info**: Retrieve collection schema, properties, ID, and metadata.
- **milvus_insert_data**: Insert rows into a Milvus collection.
- **milvus_delete_entities**: Delete entities matching a filter expression.

## Sources

- [official_maintainer_repository](https://github.com/zilliztech/mcp-server-milvus)
- [official_documentation](https://milvus.io/docs/milvus_and_mcp.md)
- [official_maintainer_tool_reference](https://github.com/zilliztech/mcp-server-milvus)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/milvus-zilliz-mcp) to view instructions for each supported client.