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MongoDB for VS Code

MongoDB for VS Code makes it easy to work with your data in MongoDB directly from your VS Code environment. MongoDB for VS Code is the perfect companion for MongoDB Atlas, but you can also use it with your self-managed MongoDB instances.

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Features

Navigate your MongoDB Data

• Navigate your databases, collections, and read-only views
• See the documents in your collections
• Edit documents and save changes to the database
• Get a quick overview of your schema and your indexes

Read more about this functionality in the online documentation.

MongoDB Playgrounds

MongoDB Playgrounds are the most convenient way to prototype and execute CRUD operations and other MongoDB commands directly inside VS Code.

• Prototype your queries, aggregations, and MongoDB commands with convenient syntax highlighting and intelligent autocomplete for MongoDB Shell API, BSON types, MongoDB Query API, system variables, and for database, collection, and field names.
• Run your playgrounds and see the results instantly. Click the play button in the tab bar to see the output.
• Edit documents returned by your playground.
• Save your playground together with your application code to always have a place where all your queries are documented and can be tested just with one click.

Note: Make sure you are connected to a server or cluster before using a playground. You can't run a playground and you won't get intelligent completions if you are not connected.

Document Editing

Editing documents with MongoDB for VS Code is as natural as editing any file in the code editor. Open a document in an editor tab, edit it, and save the changes back to MongoDB.

Quick access to the MongoDB Shell

Launch the MongoDB Shell from the command palette to quickly connect to the same cluster you have active in VS Code.

Note: The mongosh binary needs to be in your $PATH. You can download the mongosh from the MongoDB Download Center.

Terraform snippet for MongoDB Atlas

If you use Terraform to manage your infrastructure, MongoDB for VS Code helps you get started with the MongoDB Atlas Provider. Just open a Terraform file, type atlas and you are good to go.

Atlas Stream Processing

Connect to Atlas Stream Processing instances and develop stream processors using playgrounds.

MongoDB MCP Server

MongoDB for VS Code registers a built-in MongoDB MCP server with VS Code, so AI agents such as GitHub Copilot's agent mode can query your data, inspect schemas and indexes, and manage Atlas resources through the connection you already have active in the extension.

Start the server from the command palette with MongoDB: Start MCP Server, then pick the mongodb server in your agent's tool picker. Use MongoDB: Get MCP Server Config to get the configuration for other MCP clients and MongoDB: Stop MCP Server to shut it down.

Behavior is controlled by the mdb.mcp.* settings — most notably mdb.mcp.readOnly to restrict the server to read-only tools, mdb.mcp.disabledTools to disable individual tools or whole categories, and mdb.mcp.apiClientId / mdb.mcp.apiClientSecret to enable the Atlas tools.

Note: Find more details about the MongoDB GenAI Features in the FAQ.

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