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Most MCP clients, including Cursor, currently only support local servers via stdio transport and don't yet support remote servers with OAuth authentication. The `mcp-remote`tool serves as a bridge solution that:
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> **Note**: As of mid-2025, Cursor supports direct remote MCP connections via HTTP+SSE and OAuth. You may not need `mcp-remote`unless working with legacy setups or encountering specific compatibility issues.
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- Runs locally on your machine
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- Forwards requests from Cursor to the remote MCP server
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Earlier versions of MCP clients, including Cursor, only supported local servers via `stdio` transport and lacked support for remote servers with authentication. The `mcp-remote` tool was introduced as a workaround that:
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- Runs locally on your machine
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- Bridges Cursor with remote MCP servers
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- Handles transport and authentication implicitly
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- Uses the familiar configuration file format
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Once configured, you can ask Cursor to use your sentiment analysis tool for tasks like analyzing code comments, user feedback, or pull request descriptions.
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While this is still useful in some edge cases, Cursor now supports native remote MCP integration. You can directly configure a remote server like this:
> See [Cursor’s official documentation](https://docs.cursor.com/context/mcp) for up-to-date setup instructions.
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Once configured, you can ask Cursor to use your sentiment analysis tool for tasks like analyzing code comments, user feedback, or pull request descriptions.
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2. This will open the Continue extension page in VS Code, where you will need to click `Install` again
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3. The Continue logo will appear on the left sidebar. For a better experience, move Continue to the right sidebar
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