MongoDB MCP Server

Official MCP server for querying and managing MongoDB databases and MongoDB Atlas clusters, with a read-only mode.

Category

MCP Servers

Website

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mcp-server/

Repository

https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server

Docs

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mcp-server/

Status

active

Pricing

open-source

License

Apache-2.0

Maintainer

MongoDB

Added

2026-10-17

Updated

2026-10-17

Last verified

2026-10-17

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• mcp
• database
• typescript

Description

Runs locally via npx mongodb-mcp-server with a connection string (optionally --readOnly). For Atlas, MongoDB recommends its hosted Atlas MCP server over OAuth, installed as the mongodb-atlas plugin in Cursor, VS Code, Claude, Codex and GitHub Copilot CLI.

Related

• MCP Toolbox for Databases: Google's open-source MCP server for databases: prebuilt tools for MCP clients plus a framework for defining secure custom database tools for agents.
• Supabase MCP Server: Connects AI assistants to your Supabase projects over MCP (hosted with OAuth 2.1, or locally via the Supabase CLI).
• Neon MCP Server: Lets AI assistants manage Neon serverless Postgres projects and databases through the Neon Management API.

Guides & comparisons

• Database MCP servers compared (Comparison): Google's MCP Toolbox for Databases and the MongoDB, Neon and Supabase MCP servers compared on what they connect to, where they run, how they authenticate, how read-only mode and scoping work, and what guards their write tools.

Sources

• https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server
• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mcp-server/

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)