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Configure Cursor MCP with Alchemyst AI

Prerequisites

Befor Starting make sure,you have:

• You have Visual Studio Code v1.101+ installed.
• You have a valid Alchemyst Platform API key.
• MCP must be enabled in cursor.

Now, to cofigure Alchemyst AI with Cursor via MCP follow the below commands:

Configuring via mcp.json

1. Launch Cursor application in you (MAC/Windows).
2. Invoke the Command Palette with ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl+shift+P (Windows).
3. Search for and select: Settings → Cursor Settings.
4. In the Settings sidebar, search and navigate to: Tools & MCP
5. On Tools & MCP page you will able to see a button named: New MCP server Click on it.
6. When, you click on New MCP Server button, mcp.json file will be opened automatically.
7. Now, in the mcp.json file you will se ""mcpServers"" object. Add the follwing section inside ""mcpServers"" object:

"your_mcp_server_name": {
      "url": "https://mcp.getalchemystai.com/mcp/sse",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ALCHEMYST_PLATFORM_API_KEY"
      }
    }

8. Change your_mcp_server_name to the name you wanted to give your MCP server. e.g > Alchemyst.
9. Change YOUR_ALCHEMYST_PLATFORM_API_KEY to the your own key, which you will get after logning on Alchemyst Platform.
10. Now, save the file navigate back to Tools & MCP page inside the Cursor settings.
11. Here, you will able to see your added MCP Server.
12. Make sure the toggle button is in front to MCP server named should ON (green), and there should be green dot on the icon of you MCP server. Indicating server is successfully.
13. If it so then, congratulations to you. Your Cursor is now intgrated with Alchemyst AI.

Your Alchemyst MCP server is now live inside Cursor!

Troubleshooting

Issue	Possible Cause	Fix
MCP toggle is missing	Outdated Cursor version	Update Cursor to the latest version
SSE connection fails	Network restrictions or firewall	Allow outbound access to https://mcp.getalchemystai.com
”Authorization failed”	Incorrect or expired API key	Regenerate your API key from Alchemyst Dashboard
MCP server appearing	mcps.json not formatted correctly	Validate your JSON syntax
No context syncing	MCP service not started	Click Start beside the MCP server entry in Cursor