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You can connect Cursor to Tidewave through Cursor's MCP support.

Install

Cursor allows you to place a file at .cursor/mcp.json, for configuration which is specific to your project. Given Tidewave is explicitly tied to your web application, that's our preferred approach.

Create a file at .cursor/mcp.json and add the following contents:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tidewave": {
      "url": "http://localhost:$PORT/tidewave/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Replace $PORT by the port your web application is running on.

If you prefer, you can also add Tidewave globally to your editor by adding the same contents as above to the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file. If you have trouble locating that file, open up Cursor's assistant tab and click on the ⋯ icon on the top right and choose "Chat Settings". In the new window that opens, you can click "MCP" on the sidebar and follow the steps there.

Verify

You can verify it all works by starting a new session and asking your agent if it can see Tidewave's tools. If it fails, check out our MCP Troubleshooting section or Cursor's official docs.