Cursor

Cursor connects through mcp-remote and authenticates with your API key in the X-API-Key header, the same way Claude Code does. Node.js is required.

Open the MCP settings

Go to Cursor Settings → Tools & Integrations → MCP and click Add Custom MCP. Cursor opens an mcp.json file: .cursor/mcp.json in the project for a project-level server, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for all projects.

Add the Pipecorn server

Paste the following, replacing YOUR-API-KEY with your Pipecorn API key:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipecorn": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.pipecorn.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "X-API-Key:${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR-API-KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Check the connection

Back in the MCP settings, the Pipecorn server should show a green status and list its tools. In chat, ask for something like “find the head of sales at Pipecorn” to try it.

Keep the key out of version control. Prefer the user-level ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or add .cursor/mcp.json to .gitignore when the server is configured per project.

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