Does codebase-memory-mcp work with Cursor?
Yes. codebase-memory-mcp passed every step of our test in Cursor on Oct 13, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.
Result
ResultPassed
Date testedOct 13, 2026
Plan tested onCursor Pro+
App version2026.10.12-d47ca18
Modelgpt-5.3-codex-low
Steps
- install OK
- connected OK
- tools visible OK
- agent task: find definition OKsymbol lookup + one cross-file reference in a 2-file Python repo (git history has 1 commit, so git-only tools can answer via git_show)
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
What happened in this run
Install config we used
{
"mcpServers": {
"codebase-memory": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"codebase-memory-mcp"
]
}
}
}Connection check
codebase-memory: readyTools the app saw
17 tools in the app (protocol check found 17).
Agent task: find definition
- Tool calls, in order:
codebase-memory:list_projects,codebase-memory:search_graph,codebase-memory:trace_path,codebase-memory:search_graph
Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.
Set it up in Cursor
Copy-paste config for every app is on the codebase-memory-mcp page. Not connecting? Cursor MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Claude Desktop (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).