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Argon is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Versioned MongoDB sandboxes for AI agents: branch, time-travel, merge, and undo over MCP. It has 172 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y argonctl.

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Install Argon

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argon": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "argonctl"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio argon -- npx -y argonctl

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argon": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "argonctl"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "argon": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "argonctl"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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).

About Argon

Branch, time-travel, merge and undo your MongoDB. Any driver, real mongod, versioned history underneath. Built for AI agents.

  • ai-agents
  • branching
  • database
  • devtools
  • golang
  • llm
  • mcp
  • mongodb
  • time-travel
  • version-control

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What is Argon?

Argon is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Versioned MongoDB sandboxes for AI agents: branch, time-travel, merge, and undo over MCP. It has 172 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y argonctl. The source code is at github.com/argon-lab/argon.

How do I install the Argon MCP server?

Add the command npx -y argonctl to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Argon free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Argon actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 2, 2026. The latest release is v2.1.2, published Sep 24, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.