How to connect using Atlus CLI

[Vijay-Nirmal]

Question

How to connect using Atlus CLI?

As per the documentation, we can connect using Atlus CLI but I don't see an option to do so. I have the atlus CLI installed and connected to my org

Additional context

The reason I am looking for this option is that I am managing many projects with many clusters in each project. Adding a connecting string for each will be time-consuming, so looking for another way to authenticate without adding a connecting string for each cluster

[himanshusinghs]

Hey @Vijay-Nirmal! I think what you're looking for is a little dropdown on the top of the documentation page which will expose the detailed configuration for connecting via Atlas CLI. I have attached a recording showing how it looks like and here's the URL for quick access - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-vscode/connect/?connection-method=atlas-cli

Screen.Recording.2025-10-07.at.14.14.41.mov

[Vijay-Nirmal]

@himanshusinghs Thanks for the quick response. Somehow, I missed that.

When selecting vscode - MongoDB for VsCode options, I am getting "Error: did not find vscode cli, install ..." message.

Note:

• I have verified that when typing code in Terminal it opens vscode
• I am using Terminal within vscode
• I have both VSCode and VSCode Insider
• I have installed VSCode using System Installer

[Vijay-Nirmal]

Fixed the issue by adding the VSCode path in user variable path. Looks like a bug in mongodb-atlas-cli/vscode/vscode.go. Please feel free to close this issue.

[himanshusinghs]

Glad you figured it out. Feel free to open the issue on the cli project. Cheers 🥳