ravenwits/mcp-server-arangodb

A Model Context Protocol server for ArangoDB
This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that provides database interaction capabilities through ArangoDB. It implements core database operations and allows seamless integration with ArangoDB through MCP tools. You can use it wih Claude app and also extension for VSCode that works with mcp like Cline!
Features
Tools
| Tool | Category | Read-only | Mutates data/schema | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| arango_query | Query | No | Maybe | Execute general AQL with bind variables, bounded results, and query guardrails. |
| arango_read_query | Query | Yes | No | Execute read-only AQL and reject write/DDL keywords. |
| arango_validate_query | Query | Yes | No | Parse and validate AQL without executing it. |
| arango_explain_query | Query | Yes | No | Inspect AQL execution plans, index usage, and optimizer output. |
| arango_describe_database | Discovery | Yes | No | Summarize collections, counts, indexes, and sample fields. |
| arango_list_collections | Discovery | Yes | No | List collections in the configured database. |
| arango_get_collection | Discovery | Yes | No | Return collection properties, count, and indexes. |
| arango_create_collection | Collection | No | Yes | Create document or edge collections. |
| arango_drop_collection | Collection | No | Yes | Drop a collection, requiring confirm: true. |
| arango_get_document | Document | Yes | No | Fetch one document by collection and _key. |
| arango_list_documents | Document | Yes | No | List documents with limit and offset pagination. |
| arango_count_documents | Document | Yes | No | Count documents in a collection. |
| arango_sample_documents | Document | Yes | No | Return a small random sample for schema discovery. |
| arango_insert | Document | No | Yes | Insert one document into a collection. |
| arango_bulk_insert | Document | No | Yes | Insert up to 1000 documents in one request. |
| arango_update | Document | No | Yes | Partially update one document by _key. |
| arango_bulk_update | Document | No | Yes | Patch up to 1000 documents by _key or _id. |
| arango_remove | Document | No | Yes | Remove one document by _key. |
| arango_list_indexes | Index | Yes | No | List indexes for a collection. |
| arango_create_index | Index | No | Yes | Create persistent, geo, TTL, or inverted indexes. |
| arango_list_views | ArangoSearch | Yes | No | List ArangoSearch and search-alias Views. |
| arango_create_search_view | ArangoSearch | No | Yes | Create an ArangoSearch View linked to a collection. |
| arango_search | ArangoSearch | Yes | No | Search an ArangoSearch View with analyzer-aware BM25 ranking. |
| arango_list_analyzers | Analyzer | Yes | No | List ArangoSearch Analyzers. |
| arango_create_analyzer | Analyzer | No | Yes | Create an ArangoSearch Analyzer. |
| arango_list_graphs | Graph | Yes | No | List named graphs. |
| arango_create_graph | Graph | No | Yes | Create a named graph with one edge definition. |
| arango_insert_edge | Graph | No | Yes | Insert an edge document with _from and _to. |
| arango_traverse | Graph | Yes | No | Traverse edges from a start vertex using an edge collection or named graph. |
| arango_shortest_path | Graph | Yes | No | Find the shortest path between two vertices using an edge collection or named graph. |
| arango_backup | Backup | No | Filesystem | Backup collections to JSON files under ARANGO_BACKUP_ROOT. |
All tools return JSON text and structuredContent when successful. Read-heavy tools expose bounded limit parameters to keep responses agent-friendly. Query tools also support guardrails such as memoryLimit, maxRuntime, and failOnWarning where applicable.