Add the Neo4j MCP server to VS Code

Prerequisites

• VS Code installed.
• NEO4J_URI — Connection URI for the Neo4j instance, e.g. bolt://localhost:7687.
• NEO4J_USERNAME — Neo4j username used to authenticate.
• NEO4J_PASSWORD — Password for the Neo4j user.

Setup

{
  "servers": {
    "neo4j": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "neo4j_mcp_server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEO4J_URI": "<NEO4J_URI>",
        "NEO4J_USERNAME": "<NEO4J_USERNAME>",
        "NEO4J_PASSWORD": "<NEO4J_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gotchas

• VS Code uses the `servers` key (not `mcpServers`) and requires `type`.

VS Code is the exception to every other client: its top-level key is "servers", not "mcpServers", and each entry needs an explicit "type" (for example "http" or "stdio"). Secrets are not inlined; instead you declare an "inputs" array and reference each value as ${input:id}, so VS Code prompts for it once and never writes it to disk. Remote servers connect natively with OAuth.