Astra DB MCP

An unofficial, community-maintained integration providing live database tools for coding agents. It allows agents to map databases, read real schemas, run vector and hybrid searches, page through documents, and perform guarded writes with interactive views. It supports multiple languages and integrates with various AI coding environments.

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You need:Astra still requires an application token upstream

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What you can do with it

Map a database and read a collection's real schema before writing code
Run vector and hybrid searches on Astra DB collections
Page through documents and change data with guarded writes
Generate application code using canonical Data API snippets

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 2.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.erichare/astra-mcp@2.0.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@erichare/astra-mcp 2.0.0

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@erichare/astra-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@erichare/astra-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Astra application token (AstraCS:…). Optional when the project .env or ~/.astrarc provides one."
    },
    {
      "name": "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Data API endpoint of the default database. Optional when the token sees one database."
    },
    {
      "name": "ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Default keyspace (default_keyspace when unset)."
    },
    {
      "name": "ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY",
      "format": "boolean",
      "description": "Set to 1 to hide write and schema tools."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "astra-db-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@erichare/astra-mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN>",
        "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT>",
        "ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE>",
        "ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "astra-db-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@erichare/astra-mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN>",
        "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT>",
        "ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE>",
        "ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "astra-db-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@erichare/astra-mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN>",
        "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT>",
        "ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE>",
        "ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "astra-db-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@erichare/astra-mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN>",
        "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT>",
        "ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE": "<YOUR_ASTRA_DB_KEYSPACE>",
        "ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_ASTRA_MCP_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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