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  "database",
  "developer-tools",
  "platform"
 ],
 "deployment": "hybrid",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Redis presents the public homepage for the Redis database, Redis Enterprise, Redis Cloud, and related developer tools.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Redis Open Source 8+ is tri-licensed RSALv2, SSPLv1, or AGPLv3. Redis Cloud and Redis Software require a commercial license.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/legal/licenses/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Redis documents RESP as the client-server protocol. Clients send a command array; the server returns a typed reply.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "RESP2 is the standard client protocol from Redis 2.0; RESP3 is available from Redis 6 via HELLO. This is the data-plane API.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "Redis documents a Redis Cloud REST API that uses account and user API keys in HTTP headers to manage subscriptions and databases.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/api/get-started/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "AUTH authenticates a RESP connection with requirepass or, from Redis 6, an ACL username and password. Compatible with Redis Software and Redis Cloud.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/auth/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "Every Cloud REST request must send the account key as x-api-key and a user key as x-api-secret-key. The API is disabled until an account owner enables it.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/api/get-started/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "RESP covers Redis commands for data structures and server control. The Cloud REST API is an admin plane only and does not read or write key data.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Redis documents official client libraries and points to its client-library support and versioning policy.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Redis lists redis-py as a supported official Python client.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "Redis lists node-redis as the recommended supported JavaScript client.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[2]",
   "note": "Redis lists Jedis and Lettuce as supported Java clients.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[3]",
   "note": "Redis lists StackExchange.Redis as the recommended supported C#/.NET client.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[4]",
   "note": "Redis lists go-redis as a supported official Go client.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Redis documents Redis MCP as a general-purpose first-party implementation that lets MCP clients read, write, and query Redis and run basic server-management commands, and points to the redis/mcp-redis GitHub repository.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redis-mcp/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.n8n",
   "note": "n8n documents a built-in Redis node for delete, get, info, increment, keys, set, and publish.",
   "source": "https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.redis/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "Redis documents redis-cli as the official command-line interface, including --json, --csv, --pipe, and AUTH via -a or URI.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "redis-cli documents a mode for running Lua scripts against the server.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "redis-cli --json writes command replies as JSON (RESP3 by default).",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "redis-cli --csv writes a single command reply as CSV.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "redis-cli --pipe transfers raw Redis protocol from stdin for mass insertion.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Redis publishes a first-party llms.txt that indexes commands, clients, CLI, Cloud operations, and Software REST API pages for agents.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "RESP is the documented, read/write data-plane protocol with official clients and AUTH/ACL. Cloud REST adds admin coverage but is opt-in and rate-limited, so the path is broad rather than unusually complete across every Redis product surface.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "redis/mcp-redis is the official server with useful data-structure, JSON, query, and server tools. Transport is stdio today. Write tools change live keys. Redis Cloud MCP is a separate admin server and does not replace the data MCP.",
   "source": "https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "redis-cli is official, covers Redis commands, and supports JSON, CSV, raw, and --pipe output. It is a practical agent CLI rather than a Cloud-subscription manager.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Redis's current first-party MCP overview. It describes a general-purpose server for read, write, query, and basic server management.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redis-mcp/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the redis/mcp-redis repository. README names it the official Redis MCP Server and documents stdio, PyPI redis-mcp-server, Docker, and EntraID for Azure Managed Redis.",
   "source": "https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Redis Cloud REST API authentication: enable the API, then send x-api-key and x-api-secret-key.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/api/get-started/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-31",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Redis's current redis-cli documentation, including --json, --csv, and --pipe.",
   "source": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
 ],
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  "last_verified": "2026-08-31",
  "volatility": "high",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redis-mcp/"
   },
   {
    "type": "repo",
    "url": "https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/api/get-started/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli/"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://redis.io/",
 "id": "redis",
 "license": "freemium",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": true
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "acl-password",
    "api-key"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec/",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "resp",
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json",
    "csv"
   ],
   "import": [
    "resp-pipe"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "lua"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": true,
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. The Redis Serialization Protocol, official clients, redis-cli, and first-party MCP servers cover practical data and Cloud-admin automation without browser control.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "python",
    "javascript",
    "java",
    "csharp",
    "go"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Redis",
 "platforms": [
  "linux",
  "macos",
  "windows",
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "mongodb",
   "neon"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Redis",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": 8,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Redis is automatable today through the Redis Serialization Protocol and a first-party MCP server that is shared across Redis Cloud, Redis Software, and Redis Open Source. Clients speak RESP over TCP or TLS. AUTH accepts a requirepass password or, from Redis 6, an ACL username and password. Redis documents official client libraries including redis-py, node-redis, Jedis, Lettuce, StackExchange.Redis, and go-redis. A separate Redis Cloud REST API at api.redislabs.com/v1 manages subscriptions and databases with x-api-key and x-api-secret-key headers. That Cloud API is disabled until an account owner enables it and is limited to 400 requests per minute. It does not read or write key data. redis-cli is the official CLI, with JSON and CSV output, --pipe mass insertion, and the same AUTH model. The Redis-owned mcp-redis server (PyPI redis-mcp-server, stdio today) connects with a redis:// or rediss:// URL and exposes string, hash, list, set, sorted-set, stream, JSON, pub/sub, query-engine, and server-management tools. Write tools change live data; ACL can restrict that. A separate first-party Redis Cloud MCP (redis/mcp-redis-cloud) uses Cloud API keys for subscription and billing tasks and does not touch database contents. n8n ships a built-in Redis node. Zapier, Make, and Power Automate listings were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API and CLI both score 8; API is the best path because RESP is the contract every official client and redis-cli already speak, and MCP still requires a local stdio install.\n"
 }
}