One-Click MCP Install with Cursor Deeplinks
Cursor now has support for MCP installation Deeplink.
What are deeplink? Deep link are special kind of link that helps us to access/perform some action on a app directly from the website.
In our case, we’ll be using it to install MCP servers easily without having to do lot of things on our end.
Cursor MCP
The link looks like this:
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=$NAME&config=$BASE64_ENCODED_CONFIG`
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
cursor:// | Protocol scheme |
anysphere.cursor-deeplink | Deeplink handler |
/mcp/install | Path |
name | Query parameter for the server name |
config | Query parameter for base64 encoded JSON configuration |
How to generate the deeplink?
In their website, you can paste in your json that is needed to setup MCP server in Cursor
And it’ll generate the snippet / link which you can use to directly install your MCP
References
Happy directly installing!