mongodb-mcp-server

io.github.mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server

7/8 checks passed
Runs locally
4 secrets
★ 1.2k GitHub stars
Updated 2026-08-10
Health score 89

About mongodb-mcp-server

mongodb-mcp-server is an MCP server published by the GitHub account mongodb-js. MongoDB Model Context Protocol Server

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package mongodb-mcp-server at version 2.1.0.

It asks for 4 secrets: MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID, MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET, MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING and MDB_MCP_VOYAGE_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 2.1.0 was published on 10 August 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 1 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`MDB_MCP_ALLOW_REQUEST_OVERRIDES`	No	No	When set to true, allows configuration values to be overridden via request headers and query parameters.
`MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID`	No	Yes	Atlas API client ID for authentication. Required for running Atlas tools.
`MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET`	No	Yes	Atlas API client secret for authentication. Required for running Atlas tools.
`MDB_MCP_ASSISTANT_BASE_URL`	No	No	Base URL for the MongoDB Assistant API.
`MDB_MCP_ATLAS_TEMPORARY_DATABASE_USER_LIFETIME_MS`	No	No	Time in milliseconds that temporary database users created when connecting to MongoDB Atlas clusters will remain active before being automatically deleted.
`MDB_MCP_CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED_TOOLS`	No	No	Comma separated values of tool names that require user confirmation before execution. Requires the client to support elicitation.
`MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_SCOPE`	No	No	Visibility scope for MongoDB connections created at runtime. With 'session' (the default), each MCP session only sees the connections it created (plus the shared 'preconfigured' one) and they are closed when the session ends — recommended when the HTTP transport is exposed to multiple clients without authentication. With 'global', connections are shared across all sessions and survive session rotation.
`MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING`	No	Yes	MongoDB connection string for direct database connections. Optional, if not set, you'll need to call the connect tool before interacting with MongoDB data.
`MDB_MCP_DISABLE_SERVER_SIDE_JS`	No	No	When set to true, disallows the use of server-side JavaScript operators (such as $where, $function, and $accumulator) in query filters and aggregation pipelines.
`MDB_MCP_DISABLED_TOOLS`	No	No	Comma separated values of tool names, operation types, and/or categories of tools that will be disabled.
`MDB_MCP_DRY_RUN`	No	No	When true, runs the server in dry mode: dumps configuration and enabled tools, then exits without starting the server.
`MDB_MCP_ELICITATION_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Time in milliseconds the user has to respond to an elicitation request (such as a tool confirmation prompt) before it fails.
`MDB_MCP_EXPORT_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS`	No	No	Time in milliseconds between export cleanup cycles that remove expired export files.
`MDB_MCP_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Time in milliseconds after which an export is considered expired and eligible for cleanup.
`MDB_MCP_EXPORTS_PATH`	No	No	Folder to store exported data files.
`MDB_MCP_EXTERNALLY_MANAGED_SESSIONS`	No	No	When true, the HTTP transport allows requests with a session ID supplied externally through the 'mcp-session-id' header. When an external ID is supplied, the initialization request is optional.
`MDB_MCP_HEALTH_CHECK_HOST`	No	No	Deprecated. Use `monitoringServerHost` instead. Host address to bind the healthCheck HTTP server to (only used when transport is 'http'). If provided, `healthCheckPort` must also be set.
`MDB_MCP_HEALTH_CHECK_PORT`	No	No	Deprecated. Use `monitoringServerPort` instead. Port number for the healthCheck HTTP server (only used when transport is 'http'). If provided, `healthCheckHost` must also be set.
`MDB_MCP_HTTP_BODY_LIMIT`	No	No	Maximum size of the HTTP request body in bytes (only used when transport is 'http'). This value is passed as the optional limit parameter to the Express.js json() middleware.
`MDB_MCP_HTTP_HEADERS`	No	No	Header that the HTTP server will validate when making requests (only used when transport is 'http').
`MDB_MCP_HTTP_HOST`	No	No	Host address to bind the HTTP server to (only used when transport is 'http').
`MDB_MCP_HTTP_PORT`	No	No	Port number for the HTTP server (only used when transport is 'http'). Use 0 for a random port.
`MDB_MCP_HTTP_RESPONSE_TYPE`	No	No	The HTTP response type for tool responses: 'sse' for Server-Sent Events, 'json' for standard JSON responses.
`MDB_MCP_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Idle timeout for a client to disconnect (only applies to http transport).
`MDB_MCP_INDEX_CHECK`	No	No	When set to true, enforces that query operations must use an index, rejecting queries that perform a collection scan.
`MDB_MCP_LOG_PATH`	No	No	Folder to store logs.
`MDB_MCP_LOGGERS`	No	No	Comma separated values of logger types.
`MDB_MCP_MAX_ACTIVE_CONNECTIONS`	No	No	Maximum number of MongoDB connections a single scope (an MCP session by default, see connectionScope) can hold open. When exceeded, the scope's least-recently-used connection is closed and its connectionId revoked. The preconfigured connection does not count towards the limit.
`MDB_MCP_MAX_BYTES_PER_QUERY`	No	No	The maximum size in bytes for results from a find or aggregate tool call. This serves as an upper bound for the responseBytesLimit parameter in those tools.
`MDB_MCP_MAX_DOCUMENTS_PER_QUERY`	No	No	The maximum number of documents that can be returned by a find or aggregate tool call. For the find tool, the effective limit will be the smaller of this value and the tool's limit parameter.
`MDB_MCP_MAX_SESSIONS`	No	No	Maximum number of concurrent sessions the HTTP transport will hold in memory (only used when transport is 'http'). Each session holds a full server instance, transport, and timers, so choose a value based on your deployment's available memory; the default is a conservative safety net rather than a recommended production value.
`MDB_MCP_MAX_TIME_M_S`	No	No	The maximum time in milliseconds that operations are allowed to run on the MongoDB server. When set, this value is passed as the maxTimeMS option to read operations such as find, aggregate, and count.
`MDB_MCP_MCP_CLIENT_LOG_LEVEL`	No	No	Minimum severity level for log messages forwarded to the MCP client.
`MDB_MCP_MONITORING_SERVER_FEATURES`	No	No	Features to expose on the monitoring server (only used when transport is 'http' and monitoringServerHost/monitoringServerPort are set).
`MDB_MCP_MONITORING_SERVER_HOST`	No	No	Host address to bind the monitoring HTTP server to (only used when transport is 'http'). If provided, `monitoringServerPort` must also be set.
`MDB_MCP_MONITORING_SERVER_PORT`	No	No	Port number for the monitoring HTTP server (only used when transport is 'http'). If provided, `monitoringServerHost` must also be set.
`MDB_MCP_NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Notification timeout for a client to be aware of disconnect (only applies to http transport).
`MDB_MCP_PREVIEW_FEATURES`	No	No	Comma separated values of preview features that are enabled.
`MDB_MCP_READ_ONLY`	No	No	When set to true, only allows read, connect, and metadata operation types, disabling create/update/delete operations.
`MDB_MCP_TELEMETRY`	No	No	When set to disabled, disables telemetry collection.
`MDB_MCP_TRANSPORT`	No	No	Either 'stdio' or 'http'.
`MDB_MCP_VOYAGE_API_KEY`	No	Yes	API key for Voyage AI embeddings service (required for creating Atlas Local deployments with auto-embed vector search capabilities).

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Warn	Asks for 4 secrets: MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_ID, MDB_MCP_API_CLIENT_SECRET, MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING, MDB_MCP_VOYAGE_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account mongodb-js
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	mongodb-mcp-server@2.1.0 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 641 files in mongodb-mcp-server@2.1.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 641 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 89 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity34 / 40

1,154 GitHub stars, 170,471 downloads last week, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-28, last release 2026-10-28, 177 commits in 90 days.

Issue health14 / 15

203 closed of 213 issues.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

298 forks, 1,145 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server`
Publisher	GitHub account mongodb-js
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account mongodb-js. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `mongodb-mcp-server` 2.1.0 (stdio) oci `docker.io/mongodb/mongodb-mcp-server:2.1.0` no version given (stdio)
Version	2.1.0
Published	2026-08-10
Last updated	2026-08-10
Source repository	https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server
Website	None linked
Category	Databases & data (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mongodb-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mongodb-mcp-server@2.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop · Docker image

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mongodb-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/mongodb/mongodb-mcp-server:2.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-mongodb-js-mongodb-mcp-server.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.