Any chance to make a version for Cursor?

[yfarkash]

Any chance to make a version for Cursor?
I adapted your code to run locally for me in Cursor and it works great.
However, I never made/published an NPM package before...

[Kerimtunc]

Any information on how to use it with the cursor would be very welcome.

[yfarkash]

This is my understanding and what I did. I am a beginner, so take it with a grain of salt.

First, the issue is that the mcp-installer server is hard-coded as to where it installs mcp servers to.
Meaning: when you use mcp servers (with Claude or Cursor), there is a JSON file with the mcp server definitions. This is how Claude/Cursor know which mcp servers are installed on your computer. MCP-Installer updates this file when it installs a new mcp server for you.
The location of this JSON file is hard-coded in the mcp-installer code, so it is always looking for the default Claude file location.

My idea was to find where this definition is and change it to where this JSON file is located for Cursor.

Second: The MCP server is basically a program that is published in the NPM registry and is being run with the NPX command. The NPX command receives as an argument the program to run and it runs it without having to install it locally.

My idea to make it run on Cursor was to create my own version of the mcp-installer package and run it locally on my computer without publishing it to the NPM registry. (I don't want to publish as I am too new to this).

Here is what I did:

1. cloned the repo (this mcp-installer repo).

2. found out where the code stipulates the location of the MCP servers JSON file (this is the file that Claude or Cursor use to define which mcp servers are installed).

It is in the file "index.mts" lines 116-131.

You can see that the the JSON target file is hard-coded to look for either the default windows or mac folder for Claude and the file name is hard coded to be "claude_desktop_config.json".

With cursor, the file is called "mcp.json" and the location is %USERHOME%.cursor\

So, I changed those lines so that const configPath = is hard coded for my folder on my computer.

3. Then I asked Cursor to tell me how to build and use the package.
   It basically builds it, and then you can run it manually locally.
   I can't recall the steps now, but it was simple, something like 'npm run build'.

4. Once you have the local package, you need to change your MCP configuration in your local mcp.json file. Remember, this is the fule that Cursor will look at to find your mcp servers. We need to manually tell it how to use the "mcp-installer" server.
   If you look at how it looks:

`mcpServers": {

"mcp-installer": {

  "command": "npx",

  "args": [

    "@anaisbetts/mcp-installer"

  ]

}`

You can see that the 'command' is "npx" and the 'args' is what npm package we need to run (in this case, "@anaisbetts/mcp-installer") .

I changed it such that the command is 'node' and the 'args' is the location of my local package.

Bam - now when Cursor is trying to use this MCP (the one named "mcp-installer" it runs a local package with node, instead of a remote package with npx.

[MemoryReload]

@yfarkash Yes，I also encountered this problem, when I use it with GitHub Copilot. You've had a good beginning. But I think the best way to solve this shortage is to make the working file path a parameter, when starting the MCP server. Then make a pull request. If it's merged, all we'll have the opportunity to customize our working file path. : )

[tildebyte]

best way to solve this shortage is to make the working file path a parameter

Truth. Plus it'll save me having to open a PR for Linux support 😆 (although @yfarkash's work has gotten me 90% of the way there)

[TomLucidor]

Please just create some universal tooling that covers Cursor/Crush/OpenCode + KiloCode/RooCode/Cline + Windsurf + LLXPRT/Gemini-CLI + Windsurf etc. https://github.com/intellectronica/ruler https://github.com/openai/agents.md
e.g. using Crush charmbracelet/crush#870 (comment)