mcp/neo4j repository overview

⁠Neo4j MCP Server

Official MCP server for Neo4j. Interact with Neo4j using Cypher graph queries.

What is an MCP Server?⁠

⁠MCP Info

⁠Image Building Info

Attribute	Details
Dockerfile	https://github.com/neo4j/mcp/blob/385f4ef1bc19f96765e1b31d6495927157eb1d8a/Dockerfile⁠
Commit	385f4ef1bc19f96765e1b31d6495927157eb1d8a
Docker Image built by	Docker Inc.
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Licence	Other

⁠Available Tools (4)

⁠Tools Details

⁠Tool: get-schema

Introspect labels, relationship types, and property keys to provide schema context for Neo4j.

⁠Tool: read-cypher

Execute arbitrary read-only Cypher queries against the configured Neo4j database. Rejects writes, schema/admin operations, and PROFILE queries.

⁠Tool: write-cypher

Execute arbitrary write Cypher queries (including schema/admin operations) against the configured Neo4j database. Use only in non-production environments.

⁠Tool: list-gds-procedures

List available Neo4j Graph Data Science (GDS) procedures in the connected Neo4j instance.

⁠Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neo4j": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "NEO4J_URI",
        "-e",
        "NEO4J_USERNAME",
        "-e",
        "NEO4J_DATABASE",
        "-e",
        "NEO4J_READ_ONLY",
        "-e",
        "NEO4J_TELEMETRY",
        "-e",
        "NEO4J_PASSWORD",
        "mcp/neo4j"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEO4J_URI": "bolt://localhost:7687",
        "NEO4J_USERNAME": "neo4j",
        "NEO4J_DATABASE": "neo4j",
        "NEO4J_READ_ONLY": "true",
        "NEO4J_TELEMETRY": "false",
        "NEO4J_PASSWORD": "password"
      }
    }
  }
}

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