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MongoDB MCP Server

Apache-2.0 official MCP server for MongoDB

AI Agents / MCP · Apache-2.0 · 1.1k

Reviewed 2026-10-12 · last push 2026-10-18 · repo checked 2026-10-19

What's Good

Apache-2.0 (mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server), release v3.0.5. Runs locally with npx or Docker against any MongoDB connection string, with a read-only mode for safer exploration.

The Catch

For Atlas, the README points you to the MongoDB-hosted Atlas MCP server over OAuth instead; the local server is mainly for self-hosted MongoDB. Give it a read-only user unless the agent truly needs to write.

Verdict

The official way to let an agent explore a self-hosted MongoDB — use the hosted server for Atlas.

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