Claude Code How to use MongoDB with Claude Code
You want MongoDB inside Claude Code so it can map a MongoDB database, understand a collection before querying it, find records matching an investigation, and summarize MongoDB data — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your MongoDB gateway
The gateway is the thing Claude Code connects to, and it is where you decide which MongoDB tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.
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Create an Arcade account
Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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Create an MCP Gateway and select your MongoDB tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the MongoDB tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
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Copy your gateway URL
Every client below needs it.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
Connect the gateway to Claude Code
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Add the gateway as a remote HTTP MCP server
claude mcp add arcade --transport http "<YOUR_ARCADE_GATEWAY_URL>"
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Verify it was added
claude mcp get arcade claude mcp list
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Try it out
Open Claude Code in your project and ask it to use one of your MongoDB tools.
Full Claude Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these MongoDB prompts
Claude Code can now act on your MongoDB account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Use a read-only MongoDB credential scoped to the databases and collections the agent needs. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so an agent can inspect approved collections without receiving broader database access.
