# Connect Cursor

Configure Cursor to use MARqentic’s remote marketing research tools.

## Set up the connection

Use this deployment’s remote MCP endpoint. Cloud-hosted clients need a publicly reachable HTTPS address; a localhost preview is only reachable by clients running on your machine.

1. Open Cursor’s MCP settings and add the remote server, or add the configuration below to the project’s .cursor/mcp.json.
2. Select the new server and complete browser authorization if prompted.
3. Refresh the available tools and enable the server in Agent.
4. Keep private API keys outside shared project configuration if your setup uses a bearer header instead of OAuth.

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "marqentic": { "url": "https://devshine-seo-mcp.vercel.app/mcp" }
  }
}
```

## Check the connection

Ask the assistant to list its MARqentic tools, then estimate a small research request with dry_run: true where supported. The result should include cost metadata. Paid execution needs sufficient credits in the approved workspace.

Missing tools may mean a category is disabled or the client has an older cached tool list. Refresh discovery before reconnecting.

- [Cursor documentation](https://cursor.com/docs/context/mcp)
- [Authentication and API keys](/docs/authentication)