mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server is the official MCP server that gives agents the tools they use to work with MongoDB databases and Atlas clusters. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the protocol AI agents use to connect to external tools and data. The repository is written in TypeScript and is published under the Apache-2.0 license. The latest release on record is v3.1.0, and the given material does not list what was added or changed in that version.
The README explains that you can configure it locally with a MongoDB connection string or Atlas API credentials. It also provides instructions for running it with Docker along with Azure deployment assets, and the basic example supports read-only access via --readOnly. The repository additionally ships an official MongoDB plugin for AI agents. In other words, the path that connects to MongoDB directly and the path that goes through the Atlas API live together in one repository. It was created on April 4, 2025 and has 1,146 GitHub stars.
That said, there are no performance measurements and no comparison material against other MCP servers, and the only metric on record is momentum 1.7. With deployment assets and a read-only example in place, it is a reasonable project to try out, but how stably it behaves under which conditions is hard to judge from this material alone.