# MCP Mongo Server (MCP server)

> MCP Mongo Server is an MCP server that lets AI assistants work with your MongoDB databases. It exposes your collections, infers their schemas, and runs queries, aggregations, and writes through a standard interface — so tools like Claude Desktop and… It has 283 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-mongo-server.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants work with your MongoDB databases. It exposes your collections, infers their schemas, and runs queries, aggregations, and writes through a standard interface — so tools like Claude Desktop and Cursor can read and reason about your data.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/kiliczsh/mcp-mongo-server |
| GitHub stars | 283 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: mcp-mongo-server |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Databases |
| Latest release | 3.0.1 (Jul 29, 2026) |
| Last commit | Jul 29, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-mongo-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-mongo-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-mongo-server -- npx -y mcp-mongo-server
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-mongo-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-mongo-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-mongo-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-mongo-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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