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Install neo4j-mcp with Homebrew

Neo4j official Model Context Protocol server for AI tools. Version 1.5.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-11.

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brew install neo4j-mcp

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overview

Package summary

Neo4j official Model Context Protocol server for AI tools

Commands and aliases

  • neo4j-mcp

history

Project history and usage

Neo4j MCP is Neo4j's official Model Context Protocol server. The project connects MCP-compatible AI clients such as Claude, Cursor, and VS Code with a Neo4j instance so agents can inspect graph schema, run Cypher, and retrieve or modify graph data under the server's configured permissions.

Project history

The package belongs to the post-MCP wave of database tooling. Neo4j's developer guide dates Anthropic's introduction of Model Context Protocol to November 2024, and the neo4j/mcp GitHub repository was created on 2025-08-20. Its release stream had reached v1.5.3 by 2026-06-11.

Adoption history

Adoption is early and strongly tied to AI-agent workflows rather than traditional database administration. The repository API showed 267 stars and 54 forks on the 2026-07-01 request. The Homebrew formula API snapshot generated on 2026-07-01 reported 472 installs over 365 days and 53 installs over 30 days.

How it is used

Package users install neo4j-mcp when they want an MCP host to expose a Neo4j database to an assistant. The practical setup is environment-variable driven: point the server at a Neo4j URI, username, password, database, optional read-only mode, and schema sample sizing, then register it in the client's MCP configuration.

Why package nerds care

The package is significant less as a standalone CLI and more as a marker that graph databases joined the MCP tool ecosystem quickly. Its interesting operational detail is permissioning: read-only Cypher can be enabled for safer exploration, while write-Cypher is gated by configuration.

Timeline

  • 2024-11: Model Context Protocol introduced by Anthropic, according to Neo4j's MCP developer guide.
  • 2025-08-20: neo4j/mcp repository created.
  • 2026-06-11: v1.5.3 release published.
  • 2026-07-01: Homebrew API snapshot listed neo4j-mcp 1.5.3.

Related projects

  • Neo4j
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Cypher
  • Neo4j Graph Data Science
  • APOC

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
neo4j-mcpcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.5.3
manager updated2026-06-11
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.5.3

https://github.com/neo4j/mcp

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:neo4j-mcp
Version1.5.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/neo4j-mcp
Homepagehttps://neo4j.com/docs/mcp/current/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/neo4j/mcp
Upstream docshttps://github.com/neo4j/mcp#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/neo4j/mcp/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.3.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-11T10:27:22Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameneo4j-mcp
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • mcphostShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, developer-tools, mcp.
  • mcpmShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, developer-tools, mcp.
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  • github-mcp-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-tools, cli, developer-tools, mcp.
  • mcptoolsShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, mcp.
  • slack-mcp-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, developer-tools, mcp.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment