Up-to-date library docs pulled directly into your AI context.
coding, documentation, libraries, accuracy
MCP Servers for Cursor
Cursor ships with native MCP support. Point it at an mcp.json file and your AI editor gains database access, live documentation, browser automation, and more — all via the same protocol Claude Desktop uses.
Set up MCP in Cursor
Four steps to connect your first MCP server.
- 1
Open (or create) your mcp.json
Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for a global install or .cursor/mcp.json at the root of a project to scope MCPs to that repo.
- 2
Add a server under mcpServers
Each entry needs a command and args. Use the install snippet from any MCP detail page on top-mcps.com.
- 3
Provide credentials via env
For MCPs that need tokens (GitHub, Supabase, Linear), put them in the env block — never inline them in args.
- 4
Restart Cursor
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → "Reload Window". Open the MCP panel to confirm the server is connected.
Config file locations
- Global (all projects)
~/.cursor/mcp.jsonApplies to every workspace you open in Cursor. - Project-scoped
.cursor/mcp.jsonCommit this to share MCPs with your team — checked in at the repo root.
Example configjson
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
"/Users/you/code"
]
},
"context7": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp"]
},
"github": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@github/github-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "ghp_..."
}
}
}
}Top MCPs for Cursor
The curated starting stack — install these first.
Official
Read and write local files with configurable access controls.
filesystem, files, read, write
Official
Full GitHub API access: repos, PRs, issues, and code search.
git, github, repos, prs
Archived
Anthropic's reference Postgres MCP — archived July 2025 and superseded by Postgres MCP Pro or the Supabase MCP.
database, sql, postgres, archived
Full browser automation: navigate, click, screenshot, and scrape.
browser, automation, scraping, puppeteer
Full Supabase access: database, auth, storage, and edge functions.
supabase, database, backend, postgres
All MCPs compatible with Cursor
102 servers verified to work with Cursor, ranked by popularity.
Official
Read and write local files with configurable access controls.
filesystem, files, read, write
Official
AI-optimized web search with cleaned, citation-ready results.
search, web, research, rag
Official
Run `fly mcp server` to expose flyctl operations to AI agents.
fly-io, hosting, flyctl, edge
Query and inspect MongoDB collections from Claude, Cursor, and VS Code.
database, nosql, mongodb, atlas
Inspect keys, run commands, and debug Redis from an AI agent.
database, cache, redis, valkey
Official
Run pre-built browser-automation Actors on managed infrastructure.
browser, automation, scraping, apify
Official
Embedded and hosted vector database for AI agents — open source, zero-ops.
vector-db, chroma, embeddings, retrieval
Official
Persistent memory layer for AI agents — auto-summarised, cross-session recall.
memory, mem0, recall, personalization
Inspect deployments, logs, and project state on Vercel from an AI agent.
vercel, hosting, deployment, nextjs
Local SQLite database access with full read/write support.
database, sqlite, local, storage
Retrieve web pages and convert them to clean markdown.
web, fetch, markdown, scraping
Official
Local Git operations: commit, diff, log, branch, and more.
git, local, commits, diff
Official
Full GitHub API access: repos, PRs, issues, and code search.
git, github, repos, prs
Archived
Anthropic's reference Postgres MCP — archived July 2025 and superseded by Postgres MCP Pro or the Supabase MCP.
database, sql, postgres, archived
Structured step-by-step reasoning for complex problem solving.
reasoning, thinking, agents, planning
Persistent knowledge graph memory across AI conversations.
memory, persistence, knowledge-graph, agents
Official
Manage payments, customers, and subscriptions through Stripe.
stripe, payments, billing, commerce
Official
Official Microsoft browser automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
browser, automation, playwright, testing
Official
Hosted, isolated Chromium runtime for AI agents that need a fresh browser per task.
browser, cloud, browserbase, automation
Official
AI-native browser automation: act, observe, and extract in plain English.
browser, stagehand, browserbase, ai-automation
Official
Managed vector database for semantic search and retrieval in AI agents.
vector-db, pinecone, retrieval, embeddings
Official
Manage Heroku apps, dynos, add-ons, and Postgres from an AI agent.
heroku, hosting, paas, postgres
Official
Manage Droplets, App Platform, Kubernetes, and Spaces from an AI agent.
digitalocean, hosting, cloud, kubernetes
Register and manage Name.com domains via the official MCP, auto-generated from their OpenAPI.
name-com, domains, registrar, dns
Send transactional and broadcast emails via the official Resend MCP.
resend, email, transactional, broadcast
Manage Mailgun messaging, domains, webhooks, and analytics from an AI agent.
mailgun, email, transactional, analytics
Official
Neural web search and page fetch for AI agents — official remote MCP at mcp.exa.ai/mcp.
exa, search, neural, retrieval
Official
Search, ask, research, and reason via the official Perplexity MCP.
perplexity, search, research, sonar
Official
Ad-free, high-quality web search and page-to-markdown extraction from an AI agent.
kagi, search, ad-free, extraction
Official
Scrape, crawl, extract structured data, and search the web from an AI agent.
firecrawl, scraping, crawl, extract
Official
Query ClickHouse and ClickHouse Cloud columnar warehouses from an AI agent.
database, warehouse, clickhouse, olap
Official
Search indices, inspect mappings, and run queries against Elasticsearch from an AI agent.
database, search, elasticsearch, elastic
Inject 1Password secrets into an AI agent's tool calls without exposing them in chat.
security, secrets, 1password, vault
Open-source SAST scanning against custom rules from an AI agent.
security, sast, semgrep, static-analysis
Inject secrets from Doppler into agent workflows without exposing values in chat.
security, secrets, doppler, credentials
Official
Send SMS, WhatsApp, and voice calls from an AI agent via Twilio.
communication, sms, whatsapp, voice
Official
Hosted Chromium with proxies and anti-bot evasion for AI agents.
browser, automation, hyperbrowser, proxies
Official
Manage Bitbucket Cloud repos, pipelines, and pull requests from an AI agent.
git, bitbucket, atlassian, pipelines
Official
Read channel messages, post replies, and trigger meetings from MS Teams.
communication, microsoft, teams, m365
Official
Inspect AWS resources, read CloudWatch logs, and audit IAM from an AI agent.
aws, cloud, cloudwatch, iam
Official
Read, write, and search across Notion pages, databases, and blocks.
notion, docs, databases, knowledge
Triage errors, inspect traces, and query events from Sentry.
sentry, errors, monitoring, observability
Official
Manage Workers, R2 buckets, DNS, and edge policies on Cloudflare.
cloudflare, edge, workers, dns
Official
Read products, orders, and inventory from your Shopify store.
shopify, ecommerce, products, orders
Official
Open-source vector search with payload filtering, self-hostable or managed.
vector-db, qdrant, retrieval, embeddings
Official
Browse, search, and Q&A across Box content from an AI agent — official remote MCP.
box, storage, enterprise, content
Official
Turn Make.com on-demand scenarios into agent-callable tools — official MCP.
make-com, automation, workflows, integromat
Official
Manage Jira, Confluence, and Compass via the official Atlassian Rovo MCP.
atlassian, jira, confluence, rovo
In-process analytical SQL over files and Parquet from an AI agent.
database, olap, duckdb, parquet
Full GitLab API access: repos, MRs, issues, pipelines, and registries.
git, gitlab, repos, mrs
Production-grade Postgres MCP with index advice, EXPLAIN, and health checks.
database, sql, postgres, performance
Archived
Search and read Google Drive files from an AI agent (archived reference implementation).
google-drive, storage, filesystem, documents
Official
Built-in MCP for Inngest functions, events, runs, and docs — zero auth, zero config.
inngest, events, workflows, dev-server
< 1 minLow
Run read-only MySQL queries and inspect schemas from an AI agent.
database, sql, mysql, mariadb
Fire IFTTT applets via webhooks from an AI agent. Community MCP wrapper archived; IFTTT itself is unaffected.
automation, webhooks, ifttt, integration
Send transactional email from an AI agent — verified deliverability, audit-friendly.
email, postmark, transactional, deliverability
Capture context and decisions across sessions — durable agent memory in markdown.
agent, memory, context, persistence
Official
Expose 8,000+ Zapier integrations as tools your AI agent can call.
zapier, automation, integrations, workflow
5 minLow
Real-time web search with privacy-focused results.
search, web, realtime, news
Full browser automation: navigate, click, screenshot, and scrape.
browser, automation, scraping, puppeteer
Up-to-date library docs pulled directly into your AI context.
coding, documentation, libraries, accuracy
Read and post to Discord channels — community management for AI agents.
discord, chat, community, bot
Search, inspect, and run Hugging Face models and datasets from an agent.
huggingface, ml, models, inference
Geocoding, place search, directions, and travel times from Google Maps.
maps, geocoding, places, directions
Real-time and forecast weather data via the OpenWeatherMap API.
weather, forecast, openweathermap, lifestyle
Read and write notes in your local Obsidian vault.
obsidian, notes, markdown, pkm
Inspect Figma designs, components, and variables from an agent.
figma, design, design-to-code, components
Query webpages with structured natural language — selectors written for you.
scraping, agentql, extraction, queries
Run any open-source model on Replicate from inside an AI agent.
ai, ml, replicate, inference
Route one prompt across 300+ LLMs with a single API key.
ai, llm, openrouter, inference
Personal task management with due dates — capture, schedule, and complete from chat. Community MCP package archived; Todoist itself is unaffected.
tasks, todoist, scheduling, reminders
AI-driven task management and decomposition for long-running agent projects.
agent, tasks, planning, persistence
Query Google BigQuery datasets from Claude, Cursor, and VS Code.
database, warehouse, bigquery, google-cloud
Archived
Scan code and dependencies for vulnerabilities from an AI coding assistant. Standalone MCP package archived; Snyk itself remains current via its IDE integrations.
security, vulnerabilities, sast, sca
Archived
Trigger and manage n8n workflows from an AI agent. Community MCP wrapper archived; n8n itself is unaffected.
automation, workflow, n8n, integration
Trigger Make scenarios and inspect runs from an AI agent.
automation, workflow, make, integromat
Open-source workflow automation — trigger and manage from an AI agent. Community MCP wrapper archived; Activepieces itself is unaffected.
automation, workflow, activepieces, open-source
Send messages and read channel history from a Telegram bot in an agent.
communication, messaging, telegram, bot
Self-hosted Slack alternative — read and post from an AI agent.
communication, chat, mattermost, self-hosted
Vision-first browser automation built for AI agents.
browser, automation, browser-use, vision
Self-hosted Git server — manage repos, issues, and PRs from an AI agent.
git, gitea, forgejo, codeberg
Send email and inspect deliverability via SendGrid from an AI agent.
email, sendgrid, transactional, deliverability
Archived
Secure cloud sandboxes for executing AI-generated code — npm MCP package archived; vendor recommends the hosted E2B platform.
coding, execution, sandbox, cloud
Official
Spin up Railway projects, services, and deploys via remote MCP with OAuth.
railway, hosting, deployment, paas
2 minLow
Official
2,800+ apps and managed OAuth via Pipedream's hosted MCP at mcp.pipedream.com.
pipedream, automation, workflows, oauth
Official
Cross-repo code search, navigation, and Deep Search via the official Sourcegraph MCP.
sourcegraph, code-search, navigation, deep-search
10 minMedium
Inspect schemas and run SQL against a Snowflake account from an AI agent.
database, warehouse, snowflake, sql
Read dynamic and static secrets from HashiCorp Vault inside agent workflows.
security, secrets, vault, hashicorp
Enterprise iPaaS — trigger Workato recipes from an AI agent.
automation, workflow, workato, ipaas
Full Supabase access: database, auth, storage, and edge functions.
supabase, database, backend, postgres
Read and send Slack messages, manage channels and threads.
slack, messaging, communication, automation
Manage Linear issues, projects, and cycles from AI context.
linear, project-management, issues, productivity
Read, create, and manage events across Google Calendar.
google-calendar, scheduling, events, productivity
Vector database with first-class hybrid (vector + keyword) and modular embeddings (MCP server archived — package no longer published).
vector-db, weaviate, hybrid-search, retrieval
Open-source scheduling — booking pages, availability, and event types for AI agents. MCP wrapper is archived; the Cal.com platform itself remains current.
calendar, scheduling, cal-com, booking
Booking-link scheduling — share availability without exposing the raw calendar.
calendar, scheduling, calendly, booking
Read and create events in Apple Calendar via CalDAV from any MCP client.
calendar, apple, caldav, icloud
Archived
Multi-model orchestration — let Claude consult Gemini, GPT, and o-series as sub-agents. Upstream community repository archived; no further maintenance.
agent, orchestration, multi-model, consensus
Archived
Deploy and manage Render web services, static sites, cron jobs, and Postgres from an AI agent. Official MCP server is archived; Render platform is unaffected.
render, hosting, deployment, paas
Archived
Manage Porkbun domains, DNS, DNSSEC, and SSL — read-only by default. Community MCP repository archived; Porkbun itself is unaffected.
porkbun, domains, registrar, dns
Send, read, search, and label Gmail from an AI agent — community MCP with auto-OAuth.
gmail, email, community, google
Open-source agentic browser automation that handles login walls and CAPTCHAs.
browser, agent, skyvern, vision
FAQ: MCP in Cursor
Where does Cursor store its MCP config?
Cursor reads two files. Global config lives at ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Project-scoped config lives at .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root — useful when you want to share a specific MCP setup with your team via Git.
Do I need to restart Cursor after adding an MCP?
Yes. After editing mcp.json, reload the window (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → Reload Window) or fully quit and reopen Cursor. New servers will not appear until Cursor re-reads the config.
Can I run multiple MCP servers at once in Cursor?
Yes. Every key under mcpServers runs as its own process. A typical Cursor setup combines Filesystem (local files), Context7 (library docs), GitHub (remote repos), and a database MCP — all active simultaneously.
Which MCP is most useful for Cursor users?
Context7. Cursor's built-in model can hallucinate library APIs; Context7 injects real, version-specific documentation before the model answers, which dramatically improves code suggestions. Pair it with Filesystem and GitHub for a solid base.
Does Cursor support MCP servers written in Python?
Yes. MCPs communicate via stdio, so any language works. For Python servers, use "command": "uvx" or "python" in your config instead of "npx".
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