Skip to content
appsgit

MCP Neo4j Data Modeling

MCP Neo4j Data Modeling is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A simple Neo4j MCP server for creating graph data models. It has 988 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-neo4j-data-modeling.

github.com/neo4j-contrib/mcp-neo4j (opens in a new tab)

Install MCP Neo4j Data Modeling

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-neo4j-data-modeling": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-neo4j-data-modeling"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEO4J_NAMESPACE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env NEO4J_NAMESPACE=your-value --transport stdio mcp-neo4j-data-modeling -- uvx mcp-neo4j-data-modeling

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-neo4j-data-modeling": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-neo4j-data-modeling"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEO4J_NAMESPACE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-neo4j-data-modeling": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-neo4j-data-modeling"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEO4J_NAMESPACE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
NEO4J_NAMESPACENoThe namespace to use for the MCP server tool names.

Tools (27)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • validate_node
  • node

    The node to validate

  • return_validated

    If True, returns the validated node object instead of True

  • validate_relationship
  • relationship

    The relationship to validate

  • validate_data_model
  • data_model

    The data model to validate

  • get_mermaid_config_str
  • load_from_arrows_json
  • arrows_data_model_dict

    JSON dictionary from Arrows app export

  • export_to_arrows_json
  • load_from_owl_turtle
  • owl_turtle_str

    OWL Turtle string representation of an ontology

  • export_to_owl_turtle
  • export_to_pydantic_models
  • export_to_neo4j_graphrag_pkg_schema
  • load_from_neo4j_graphrag_pkg_schema
  • neo4j_graphrag_python_package_schema

    Neo4j GraphRAG Python Package schema dictionary

  • list_example_data_models
  • get_example_data_model
  • example_name

    Name of the example to load ('patientjourney', 'supplychain', 'softwaredependency', 'oilgasmonitoring', 'customer360',…

  • get_constraints_cypher_queries
  • get_node_cypher_ingest_query
  • get_relationship_cypher_ingest_query
  • relationship_type

    The type of the relationship

  • relationship_start_node_label

    The label of the start node

  • relationship_end_node_label

    The label of the end node

About MCP Neo4j Data Modeling

mcp-name: io.github.neo4j-contrib/mcp-neo4j-data-modeling A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides tools for creating, visualizing, and managing Neo4j graph data models. This server enables you to define nodes, relationships, and properties to design graph database schemas that can be visualized interactively.

  • database
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • neo4j
  • stdio

FAQ

MCP Neo4j Data Modeling FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

What is MCP Neo4j Data Modeling?

MCP Neo4j Data Modeling is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A simple Neo4j MCP server for creating graph data models. It has 988 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-neo4j-data-modeling. The source code is at github.com/neo4j-contrib/mcp-neo4j.

How do I install the MCP Neo4j Data Modeling MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-neo4j-data-modeling 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 MCP Neo4j Data Modeling free?

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

Is MCP Neo4j Data Modeling actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 9, 2026. The latest release is mcp-neo4j-cypher-v0.6.0, published Apr 10, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.