+1 (binding) Didn't have time to go deep (hence I didn't get why 2 repos rather than 1), but I'm on board with the idea of having an official MCP for Solr!
Cheers -------------------------- *Alessandro Benedetti* Director @ Sease Ltd. *Apache Lucene/Solr Committer* *Apache Solr Chair of PMC* e-mail: [email protected] *Sease* - Information Retrieval Applied Consulting | Training | Open Source Website: Sease.io <http://sease.io/> LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/company/sease-ltd> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/seaseltd> | Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx86ZKLYNpI3gzMercM7BQ> | Github <https://github.com/seaseltd> On Wed, 7 Oct 2026 at 22:43, Houston Putman <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (binding) > > Seems like we are just formalizing what already exists, which is perfectly > fine. > > - Houston > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM Eric Pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 2026/10/05 21:52:43 Marc Byrd wrote: > > > +1 > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > m > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > > > > > Something I wanted to add: > > > > > > > > I see that the README already lists STDIO as a transport mode. > > > > > > > > Aditya, I was curious whether there is anything from the newer MCP > > > > specification that we could implement or optimize in Solr MCP. > > > > > > > > Link: > > > > https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Would love to hear everyone’s views on this. > > > > > > > > Thanks, Arup > > > > On Oct 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM -0500, Andrzej Bialecki <[email protected]>, > > wrote: > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Andrzej > > > > > > > > > > On 2026-10-05 18:50 UTC Eric Pugh wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > > > As many of you may be familiar with, there has been a desire to > > enable > > > > Solr inside agentic environments natively through the MCP protocol > > with a > > > > community blessed solution ( > > > > https://github.com/adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server/issues/12). Such a > > tool > > > > will ensure that Solr becomes more accessible to non developers like > > data > > > > scientists or ops folks who primarily interact via Agents with Solr. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have already created the public ASF repo for "Solr MCP", > almost > > a > > > > year ago, however we never held the formal vote thread for this > > process. > > > > > > > > > > > > This thread is a vote on creating a public ASF repo for "Solr > > MCP", a > > > > contribution from https://github.com/adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server > > that > > > > Eric Pugh has been working closing with the original developer, > Aditya > > > > Parikh on making ASF compliant and work well with Solr, with > > supervision > > > > from Jan Høydahl. For context, Solr MCP has been demoed in community > > > > meetings, and will be featured at Community over Code 2026 in the > > Search > > > > Track. I encourage you to test out a nightly build via this > > "playground" > > > > https://adityamparikh.github.io/solr-mcp/. > > > > > > > > > > > > A passing vote means: > > > > > > * Confirming two github repo github.com/apache/solr-mcp under > > current > > > > Solr ownership > > > > > > * Confirming the current state of the Solr MCP code (clean > > history). > > > > This has been documented in > > > > > https://github.com/apache/solr-mcp/blob/main/solr-mcp-ip-clearance.xml > > > > > > * PMC to conduct legal check and IP clearance as needed. This has > > > > already been started, see > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-716. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please vote on initiating a new solr-mcp sub-project under the > > Apache > > > > Solr project: > > > > > > > > > > > > [] +1 Accept the proposal --- I support creating these > repositories > > > > > > [] 0 No strong opinion > > > > > > [] -1 Object --- Provide a reason > > > > > > > > > > > > This is a procedural vote with simple majority. Votes from PMC > > members > > > > are binding; > > > > > > votes from community members are welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > The vote will remain open for at least 3 business days, closing > no > > > > earlier than: > > > > > > 2026-10-08 22:00 UTC > > > > > > > > > > > > The vote result will guide further action > > > > > > > > > > > > - Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > References: > > > > > > * > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2gvf4cz0tm22bsv8hg1ywcwvpk8zsv2n > > > > > > * https://github.com/adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server/issues/12 > > > > > > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-716 > > > > > > * > > > > > https://github.com/apache/solr-mcp/blob/main/solr-mcp-ip-clearance.xml > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is my +1 (binding). > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
