MCP overview

Cursor

Add Cuelara under Cursor Settings → MCP.

Cursor supports remote HTTP MCP servers natively.

Config

Open Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server, or edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json globally):

json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cuelara-token-optimizer": {
"url": "https://cuelara.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}

Authenticate as yourself (optional)

Generate a personal token from /dashboard/mcp and add it as a header:

json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cuelara-token-optimizer": {
"url": "https://cuelara.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" }
}
}
}

Reopen the MCP settings panel — Cuelara should show a green "connected" dot, and Cursor's agent can now call cuelara_compress_prompt, cuelara_optimize_prompt, or cuelara_build_prompt when it's useful.