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title: MindsDB's MCP Server with Cursor's MCP Client
sidebarTitle: Cursor
---

This tutorial walks you through the usage of MindsDB's MCP Server with [Cursor](https://www.cursor.com/) as an MCP Client.

<Tip>
See a [video tutorial here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5VFd5LIuPg).
</Tip>

## Setup

Follow the steps below to connect MindsDB's MCP Server to Cursor.

1. Start MindsDB's MCP Server following [this guide](/mcp/usage).

2. Open Cursor, go to the Cursor Settings, open the MCP tab, and click on *Add new global MCP server*. Alternatively, go to the Cursor settings -> Features -> MCP Servers.

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    <img src="/assets/mcp_cursor_settings.png" />
  </p>

3. Add the below content to the `mcp.json` file.

  ```yml
  {
      "mcpServers": {
        "mindsdb": {
          "url": "http://127.0.0.1:47334/mcp/sse"
        }
      }
  }
  ```

4. Ensure that MindsDB is listed as an MCP server.

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    <img src="/assets/mcp_cursor_mcp_server.png" />
  </p>

## Chat with Data

1. Open the Cursor chat window and select the Agent mode from the dropdown.

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  <img src="/assets/mcp_cursor_chat_mode.png" />
</p>

2. Ask questions over your data. *Note that you need to approve each call of the MCP server’s tools by clicking on Run tool.*

<p align="center">
  <img src="/assets/mcp_cursor_chat_tool.png" />
</p>

3. The agent provides an answer with helpful suggestions of follow-up information that can be extracted from the available data.

<p align="center">
  <img src="/assets/mcp_cursor_chat.png" />
</p>
