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Merge pull request #153 from laitifranz/update-cursor-config
Update Cursor config for MCP server and outdated link in continue-client.mdx
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units/en/unit2/clients.mdx

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### Configuration
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Open Cursor settings (`Ctrl + Shift + J` / `Cmd + Shift + J`) → **MCP** tab → **Add new global MCP server**:
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Open Cursor settings (`Ctrl + Shift + J` / `Cmd + Shift + J`) → **Tools & Integrations** tab → **Add Custom MCP**:
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**macOS:**
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```json
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### Why We Use mcp-remote
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### Why We Use `mcp-remote`
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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:
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```json
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{
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"mcpServers": {
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"my-server": {
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"url": "https://your-mcp-server.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse"
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}
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}
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}
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```
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> 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.

units/en/unit2/continue-client.mdx

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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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![sidebar vs code demo](https://mintcdn.com/continue-docs/bpNErLbBON28HbZ-/images/move-to-right-sidebar-b2d315296198e41046fc174d8178f30a.gif?w=1100&fit=max&auto=format&n=bpNErLbBON28HbZ-&q=85&s=952730d96fde54e4899b157537008cbd)
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![move-to-right-sidebar](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/continue-docs/images/move-to-right-sidebar-b2d315296198e41046fc174d8178f30a.gif)
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With Continue configured, we'll move on to setting up Ollama to pull local models.
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