Cursor

Cursor reads MCP servers from an mcp.json file, and can also take them through a one-click install link.

The config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calculator": {
      "url": "https://mcp.odel.app/@odel/calculator-basic"
    }
  }
}

Put that in either:

• .cursor/mcp.json in a project, to share it with that repo, or
• ~/.cursor/mcp.json, to have it everywhere.

Cursor documents both, plus the settings UI that edits them for you, in Model Context Protocol (MCP).

There's no auth block and no headers here on purpose. Cursor supports static OAuth client credentials for servers that need them; Odel doesn't, because the client registers itself.

Signing in

Cursor opens a browser the first time it connects. Approve the module or gateway on Odel and the tools appear in the MCP panel.

If it doesn't connect

Check the URL against Connect your client. Cursor also supports the older SSE transport, and Odel doesn't — if you've configured this by hand, make sure the entry uses url rather than an SSE-specific field.