cursor-sdk-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets MCP clients such as Claude Code invoke the Cursor SDK and use Cursor Agent capabilities — running a Cursor coding agent against a working directory, listing models, and continuing agent conversations — all as tools.

What it does

The server speaks MCP over stdio and exposes these tools:

Under the hood it uses @cursor/sdk's local runtime: the agent loop runs in this Node process and reads/writes files on disk, while inference runs on Cursor's hosted models.

Related MCP server: @willpowell8/cursor-cloud-agent-mcp

Requirements

• Node.js >= 22.13 (required by @cursor/sdk).

• A Cursor API key. Create one at the Cursor Dashboard → API Keys (user key) or Team settings (service account key).

Install & build

npm install
npm run build

Configure

Set your API key (see .env.example):

export CURSOR_API_KEY="your-cursor-api-key"
# Optional: default model id used when a tool call omits one (default: "auto")
export CURSOR_MCP_DEFAULT_MODEL="auto"

Use with Claude Code

Register the server with Claude Code (stdio):

claude mcp add cursor-sdk -- node /absolute/path/to/cursor-sdk-mcp/dist/index.js

Or add it to your MCP client config manually:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cursor-sdk": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/cursor-sdk-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": { "CURSOR_API_KEY": "your-cursor-api-key" }
    }
  }
}

Then ask Claude Code to, for example, "use the cursor agent to refactor src/auth.ts", and it will call cursor_run_agent.

Development

npm run dev        # run from source with hot reload (tsx)
npm run typecheck  # type-check only
npm run lint       # eslint
npm test           # integration tests (fake Cursor backend, no network)
npm run demo       # spawn the built server over stdio and call its tools
RUN_AGENT=1 npm run demo   # additionally run a real Cursor Agent (needs CURSOR_API_KEY)

How it's structured

• src/cursor.ts — CursorService interface + CursorSdkService (the @cursor/sdk wrapper).

• src/server.ts — builds the McpServer and registers the four tools. Decoupled from the SDK via CursorService so tests can inject a fake backend.

• src/index.ts — entry point; wires the real service to a StdioServerTransport.

• tests/server.test.ts — connects an in-memory MCP client to the server and exercises every tool.

• examples/demo-client.ts — end-to-end demo over a real stdio transport.

License

MIT