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Install Code Crawler for Cursor

Cursor reads ~/.cursor/mcp.json. A project can also commit .cursor/mcp.json.

Official Cursor docs
Add to Cursor: Code CrawlerInstall in VS Code: Code CrawlerInstall in VS Code Insiders: Code Crawler

Needs Cursor or VS Code installed on this device. The button opens the app and asks you to confirm before it adds the server.

  1. Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json on macOS, %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json on Windows, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json on Linux.

  2. Paste the JSON config below.

  3. Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.

~/.cursor/mcp.json
{  "mcpServers": {    "nithin554-code-crawler": {      "command": "npx",      "args": [        "-y",        "@nithin554/code-crawler@0.1.81"      ],      "env": {        "CODECRAWLER_DB": "",        "CODECRAWLER_EXCLUDE_DIRS": "",        "CODECRAWLER_DEFAULT_LIMIT": "",        "CODECRAWLER_MAX_DEPTH": "",        "CODECRAWLER_HELPFUL_ERRORS": ""      }    }  }}

Where the config lives

SystemPath
macOS~/.cursor/mcp.json
Windows%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json
Linux~/.cursor/mcp.json