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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened the Qdrant interfaces page for REST, gRPC, and official clients.",
   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Qdrant lists official clients and their install commands.",
   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
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   "note": "The page calls the listed clients official.",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
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   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
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   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[2]",
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   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[3]",
   "note": "Go is installed with go get github.com/qdrant/go-client.",
   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[4]",
   "note": ".NET is installed with dotnet add package Qdrant.Client.",
   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[5]",
   "note": "Java is listed as available on Maven Central.",
   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
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   "source": "https://github.com/qdrant/mcp-server-qdrant",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
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   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
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   "source": "https://github.com/qdrant/mcp-server-qdrant",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
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   "source": "https://qdrant.tech/documentation/interfaces/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
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   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the official Qdrant MCP README, including qdrant-store and qdrant-find.",
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   {
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    "bearer"
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    "grpc"
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   "viability": "unknown"
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   "import": []
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   "webhooks": "unknown"
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   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
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   "third_party": [],
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   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No UI probe was run. Qdrant documents REST and gRPC database APIs and a two-tool official MCP memory server.\n",
   "ui_stack": [],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
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   "languages": [
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    "javascript",
    "rust",
    "go",
    "dotnet",
    "java"
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 "platforms": [
  "linux",
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
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   "weaviate"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
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 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Qdrant",
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   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 5,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Qdrant is automatable today through its database API. This record is the Qdrant vector search engine, including Qdrant Cloud and a self-hosted deployment. It is not Pinecone or Weaviate. The engine repository qdrant/qdrant is Apache-2.0. Qdrant documents a REST API and a matching gRPC API. On Qdrant Cloud, every REST or gRPC request sends the database API key in the api-key header, or as Authorization: Bearer. Official clients exist for Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Rust, Go, .NET, and Java. The homepage says the engine can run on-prem, hybrid, edge, or Qdrant Cloud. The official MCP server in qdrant/mcp-server-qdrant exposes qdrant-store and qdrant-find as a semantic memory layer. It is not a cluster admin API. QDRANT_READ_ONLY disables the store tool. A supported product CLI and connector catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. The API scores 8 and is the best path. The MCP scores 5.\n"
 }
}