MCP servers for Cursor

Where Cursor keeps MCP servers

Every project

~/.cursor/mcp.json

One project

.cursor/mcp.json in the project

In the app

Cursor Settings, MCP section: add, enable and check servers

How to add an MCP server to Cursor

1. Open the server's listing here and use Add to Cursor, or copy its Cursor snippet.
2. If you copied it, paste the entry under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project only).
3. Open Cursor Settings, find the MCP section, and check the server shows as connected with its tools listed. The agent can use it from then on.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/folder"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "example": {
      "url": "https://mcp.example.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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  Browser Use

  Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.
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  Widely used
  A
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  REA

  Reverse engineer anything from your terminal or agent with one CLI and MCP server.
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  Widely used
  A
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  Context7

  Up-to-date docs for AI agents
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  A
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  Playwright

  Playwright Tools for MCP
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  Widely used
  A
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  Scrapling MCP Server

  Web scraping with stealth HTTP, real browsers, and Cloudflare bypass. CSS selectors supported.
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  Widely used
  A
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  Chrome DevTools MCP

  MCP server for Chrome DevTools
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  B
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  Repomix

  Pack local or remote codebases into AI-friendly files that LLMs and coding agents can read or search
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  A
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  SeleniumBase MCP

  Stealthy browser automation, testing, and web-scraping via CDP Mode.
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  A
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  e2e

  Open live web and mobile app sessions from an e2e project to inspect the app and try locators.
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  A
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  Supabase

  MCP server for interacting with the Supabase platform
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  Widely used
  A
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  Next AI Draw.io

  draw.io diagrams your AI agent draws on a live browser canvas that you can also edit by hand
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  A
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  Firecrawl MCP Server

  Firecrawl, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, interact with the web, plus paper search.
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  A
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  Claude Flow

  AI orchestration with hive-mind swarms, neural networks, and 87 MCP tools for enterprise dev.

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  Widely used
  B
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  Figma Context

  Give your coding agent access to your Figma data. Implement designs in any framework in one-shot.
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  B
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  agent-device

  Let AI agents inspect, control, and debug real iOS, Android, desktop, and TV apps
  not reviewed
  Widely used
  A

Before you connect one

• Every enabled server's tools count against what the agent sees on each request. Turn off servers you are not using in a project.
• A project .cursor/mcp.json runs on every teammate's machine. Review it like any other code you commit.
• Check the server's safety report first: which tools write, whether a remote endpoint needs auth, and what a package runs when it installs. What the scan checks.

Questions people ask

How do I add an MCP server to Cursor?

Add it under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json, or use an Add to Cursor link. Then check it in Cursor Settings, in the MCP section.

Where is Cursor's MCP config file?

~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, and .cursor/mcp.json inside a project for that project only.

Why does my MCP server not show up in Cursor?

Check the JSON is valid, that the command runs in your terminal (for example npx needs Node), and restart the server from the MCP section of Cursor Settings.