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Cursor

Spec Support Unverified Confidence: Good (0.85)

Cursor is an MCP client published by Cursor; its MCP spec-revision support has not been verified yet. Last verified 2026-08-14.

Does Cursor support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?

Undetermined. We have not verified which MCP specification revision Cursor supports (as of 2026-08-14).

Which MCP client features does Cursor support?

Cursor supports: tools, resources, prompts, roots, elicitation (last verified 2026-08-14).

When were Cursor's facts last verified?

2026-08-14. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.

Cursor is an AI code editor whose MCP client documents one of the widest capability surfaces of any client in this catalog: tools, prompts, resources, roots, and elicitation, plus the MCP Apps extension for interactive UI views returned by tools. Servers are configured in .cursor/mcp.json per project or ~/.cursor/mcp.json globally.

All three transports are supported: stdio for local single-user servers, and SSE or streamable HTTP for local or remote multi-user servers, both with OAuth authentication. The documentation names no MCP spec revision anywhere, so spec status is recorded as unknown.

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Verified · method: vendor-docs · confidence 0.85 (Good).

  1. Cursor MCP documentation - supported capabilities listed as tools ("Functions for the AI model to execute"), prompts ("Templated messages and workflows for users"), resources ("Structured data sources that can be read and referenced"), roots ("Server-initiated inquiries into URI or filesystem boundaries"), elicitation ("Server-initiated requests for additional information from users"), and the Apps extension ("Interactive UI views returned by MCP tools"); transports stdio, SSE, and streamable HTTP, the remote two with OAuth; configuration via .cursor/mcp.json (project) and ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global); no MCP spec revision named - accessed