MongoDB Compass

[rolender2]

can the MongoDB mcp server access and create a collection in mongodb compass?

I keep getting: The empty array result suggests the collection exists but is empty. To confirm the collection is writable, I'll use the mongodb MCP server's 'query' tool to insert a test document into the 'ai-agent' collection.

However, I don't see the collection on my local install of MongoDB Compass.

Appreciate any feedback.

[kiliczsh]

Hi @rolender2
I didn't add insert and update on purpose to avoid unwanted data insertion.
If you want to query or aggregate you can configure and use it with full mongodb uri like below: mongodb://username:password@host/default?authSource=admin

So you need to specify database instead of collection and make sure that you can access with the url provided in mcp-server-config.

Here is the screenshot from Cursor configuration to 'ip_checker' database: