How to connect your MCP for Aura with Claude Desktop

See how MCP for Aura connects Claude Desktop directly to your Aura instance. Authenticate through the Aura Console, then use Claude to explore your schema, query your graph, and make changes through natural language.

MCP for Aura is Neo4j’s managed Model Context Protocol server. It gives your AI tools secure, governed access to Aura without the work of standing up and maintaining MCP infrastructure yourself.

00:08 – Overview of connecting MCP for Aura with Claude Desktop
00:15 – Setup steps: installing NodeJS, preparing the Aura Console, and updating the JSON configuration file
00:44 – Restarting Claude Desktop and authenticating the connection
00:55 – Querying Claude about the Neo4j movie graph schema
01:17 – Checking and managing Claude’s access to tools