MongoDB MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mongodb-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mongodb-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID": "your-value",
        "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-value",
        "MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --env MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID=your-value --env MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET=your-value --env MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING=your-value --transport stdio mongodb-mcp-server -- npx -y mongodb-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mongodb-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mongodb-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID": "your-value",
        "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-value",
        "MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mdb_mcp_api_client_id",
      "description": "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mdb_mcp_api_client_secret",
      "description": "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mdb_mcp_connection_string",
      "description": "MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mongodb-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mongodb-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID": "${input:mdb_mcp_api_client_id}",
        "MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:mdb_mcp_api_client_secret}",
        "MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING": "${input:mdb_mcp_connection_string}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

• aggregate

  Run an aggregation against a MongoDB collection

• aggregate-db

  Run an aggregation against a MongoDB database

• collection-indexes

  Describe the indexes for a collection

• collection-schema

  Describe the schema for a collection

• collection-storage-size

  Gets the size of the collection

• connect

  Connect to a MongoDB instance

• count

  Gets the number of documents in a MongoDB collection using db.collection.count() and query as an optional filter…

• create-collection

  Creates a new collection in a database. If the database doesn't exist, it will be created automatically.

• create-index

  Create an index for a collection

• db-stats

  Returns statistics that reflect the use state of a single database

• delete-many

  Removes all documents that match the filter from a MongoDB collection

• disconnect

  Close a MongoDB connection and revoke its connectionId.

• drop-collection

  Removes a collection or view from the database. The method also removes any indexes associated with the dropped…

• drop-database

  Removes the specified database, deleting the associated data files

• drop-index

  Drop an index for the provided database and collection.

• explain

  Returns statistics describing the execution of the winning plan chosen by the query optimizer for the evaluated method

• export

  Export a query or aggregation results in the specified EJSON format.

• find

  Run a find query against a MongoDB collection

• insert-many

  Insert an array of documents into a MongoDB collection. If the list of documents is above…

• list-collections

  List all collections for a given database

• list-connections

  List the active MongoDB connections and their connectionIds. Use this to find a connectionId established earlier.

• list-databases

  List all databases for a MongoDB connection

• mongodb-logs

  Returns the most recent logged mongod events

• rename-collection

  Renames a collection in a MongoDB database

• update-many

  Updates all documents that match the specified filter for a collection.

• atlas-connect-cluster

  Connect to MongoDB Atlas cluster and get back a connectionId to pass to the other MongoDB tools.

• atlas-create-access-list

  Allow Ip/CIDR ranges to access your MongoDB Atlas clusters.

• atlas-create-cluster

  Create a MongoDB Atlas cluster (M10–M80, replica set or single shard).

• atlas-create-db-user

  Create an MongoDB Atlas database user

• atlas-create-free-cluster

  Create a free MongoDB Atlas cluster

• atlas-create-project

  Create a MongoDB Atlas project

• atlas-get-performance-advisor

  Get MongoDB Atlas performance advisor recommendations and suggestions, which includes the operations: suggested…

• atlas-get-regions

  List supported MongoDB Atlas regions for a cloud provider.

• atlas-inspect-access-list

  Inspect Ip/CIDR ranges with access to your MongoDB Atlas clusters.

• atlas-inspect-cluster

  Inspect metadata of a MongoDB Atlas cluster

• atlas-list-alerts

  List triggered alerts for a MongoDB Atlas project. These are alerts Atlas has raised, not the alert configurations…

• atlas-list-clusters

  List MongoDB Atlas clusters

• atlas-list-db-users

  List MongoDB Atlas database users

• atlas-list-orgs

  List MongoDB Atlas organizations

• atlas-list-projects

  List MongoDB Atlas projects.

A Model Context Protocol server for interacting with MongoDB Databases and MongoDB Atlas. MongoDB MCP Server comes bundled with the official MongoDB plugins for AI agents. The following plugins are available:

• mcp
• mcp-server
• mongodb
• mongodb-atlas
• mongodb-database