Use with Cursor

Cursor reads MCP servers from a JSON config file. You can configure them either globally or per-project.

Config file location

Scope	Path
Global	~/.cursor/mcp.json
Project	.cursor/mcp.json (in your repo root)

Per-project config takes precedence over global config for that workspace.

Example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "native-time": {
      "command": "/home/you/.local/bin/native-mcp",
      "args": ["time"]
    },
    "native-time-paris": {
      "command": "/home/you/.local/bin/native-mcp",
      "args": ["time", "--default-tz", "Europe/Paris"]
    }
  }
}

Use the absolute path to the binary — Cursor does not always inherit your shell's PATH.

Apply

Reload Cursor (or its MCP subsystem from the command palette). The new servers should appear in the agent's available-tools panel on the next chat.

Project-scoped + checked into git

Putting .cursor/mcp.json in version control gives every collaborator the same MCP setup. Since native-mcp is a single binary on a known path, this works as long as everyone has run the installer.