# Atlas App Connections

MongoDB released Atlas App Connections, which lets AI coding tools connect to an Atlas account with a single click of authorization. Until now the only route was sharing long-lived service account credentials, which slowed builders and left administrators managing a security risk they were reluctant to accept, so some organizations avoided third-party integrations. Built on OAuth 2.1, it lets AI clients act on the user's behalf through the Atlas MCP Server, scoped to the user's existing permissions, revocable at any time, and off by default for existing organizations until an administrator opts in.

MongoDB released Atlas App Connections, which lets AI coding tools connect to an Atlas account with a single click of authorization. Until now the only route was sharing long-lived service account credentials, which slowed builders and left administrators managing a security risk they were reluctant to accept, so some organizations avoided third-party integrations. Built on OAuth 2.1, it lets AI clients act on the user's behalf through the Atlas MCP Server, scoped to the user's existing permissions, revocable at any time, and off by default for existing organizations until an administrator opts in.