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A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Momento Cache.

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A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Momento Cache.

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What is A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Momento Cache.?

Momento MCP Server is a straightforward implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for managing cache operations with Momento Cache. It provides tools for getting, setting, listing, creating, and deleting cache entries, along with a quickstart guide for setup and usage.

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Momento MCP Server

A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Momento Cache.

Available on npmjs as @gomomento/mcp-momento

Tools

  • get
  • Get the cache value stored for the given key.
  • Inputs:
  • key string -- the key to look up in the cache.
  • cacheName string -- the name cache where the key presides (optional)
  • Returns:
  • Hit with the found value if the key was found.
  • Miss if the key was not found.
  • Error if the request failed.
  • set
  • Sets the value in cache with a given Time To Live (TTL) seconds. If a value for this key is already present, it will be replaced by the new value regardless of the previous value's data type.
  • Inputs:
  • key: string -- the key to set in the cache
  • value: string -- the value to set for the given key
  • ttl: integer -- the number of seconds to keep this value in the cache (optional)
  • cacheName: string -- the name of the cache to store the key in (optional)
  • Returns:
  • Success if the key was successfully written to the cache.
  • Error if the request failed.
  • list-caches
  • Lists the names of all the caches in your Momento account.
  • Inputs:
  • (none)
  • Returns:
  • Success with a comma separated list of cache names
  • Error if the request failed
  • create-cache
  • Creates a new cache in your Momento account
  • Inputs:
  • name: string - the name of the cache to create
  • Returns:
  • Success if the cache was successfully created
  • Error if the request failed
  • delete-cache
  • Deletes a cache from your Momento account
  • Inputs:
  • name: string - the name of the cache to delete
  • Returns:
  • Success if the cache was successfully deleted
  • Error if the request failed

Quickstart

  1. Get a Momento API key from the Momento Console. Note - to run control plane tools (list-caches, create-cache, delete-cache), you must use a super user API key.

  2. Set environment variables to configure the cache name and Time To Live (TTL) for items in the cache.

    # required
    export MOMENTO_API_KEY="your-api-key"
    
    # optional
    export MOMENTO_CACHE_NAME="your-cache-name"
    export DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS=60
    

If you do not set these values, it will use mcp-momento as the cache name and 60 seconds for the default time to live.

Usage with MCP Inspector

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @gomomento/mcp-momento@latest

Usage with NPX on Claude Desktop

Note: if you're using nodenv, replace the plain npx with the path to your npx binary (e.g. /Users/username/.nodenv/shims/npx).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "momento": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gomomento/mcp-momento"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MOMENTO_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "MOMENTO_CACHE_NAME": "your-cache-name",
        "DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS": 60
      }
    }
  }
}

Setup for local development

  1. Install dependencies:

    npm install
    
  2. Build the server:

    npm run build
    
  3. Run with MCP Inspector

    export MOMENTO_API_KEY="your-api-key"
    npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js
    

Server Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "a-simple-model-context-protocol-(mcp)-server-implementation-for-momento-cache.-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "a-simple-model-context-protocol-(mcp)-server-implementation-for-momento-cache."
      ]
    }
  }
}

Links & Status

Repository: github.com
Hosted: No
Global: No
Official: Yes

Project Info

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Created At: Aug 07, 2025
Updated At: Aug 07, 2025
Author: Unknown
Category: cache management
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