MongoDB Announces Public Preview of Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

MongoDB has announced the public preview of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, which connects MongoDB deployments—whether on Atlas, Community Edition, or Enterprise Advanced—to MCP-compatible clients like Windsurf, Cursor, GitHub Copilot for VS Code, and Claude by Anthropic.

MCP acts as a two-way communication protocol, allowing developers to interact with their data using natural language and perform database tasks through AI tools and agents.

Originally introduced by Anthropic, MCP is gaining momentum as an open standard, helping AI agents access up-to-date, relevant data and streamlining integration across the evolving AI ecosystem.

"The MongoDB MCP Server enables developer tools with MCP clients to interact directly with a MongoDB database and to handle a range of administrative tasks, such as managing cluster resources, as well as data-related operations like querying and indexing," MongoDB said in a blog post.

The MongoDB MCP Server enables natural language interactions for data exploration, database management, and code generation. Developers can ask AI to query data, perform admin tasks like setting access rules, or generate context-aware MongoDB queries and application code—streamlining workflows and making AI-driven development more intuitive and efficient.

“MongoDB is aligned with Windsurf’s mission of empowering everyone to continuously dream bigger. Through our integration with the MongoDB MCP Server, we’re helping innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software in this new age of development," Rohan Phadte, Product Engineer at Windsurf, said.