Does context-mode work with Cursor?
Yes. context-mode 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: recall across sessions OKstore in session 1, recall in a fresh session 2 (the token only appears in session 1's prompt)
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
What happened in this run
Install config we used
{
"mcpServers": {
"context-mode": {
"command": "/home/box/opt/node22/bin/npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"context-mode"
],
"env": {
"PATH": "/home/box/opt/node22/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
}
}
}
}Connection check
context-mode: readyTools the app saw
11 tools in the app (protocol check found 11).
Agent task: recall across sessions
- Tool calls, in order:
context-mode:ctx_search,context-mode:ctx_search,context-mode:ctx_search
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 context-mode page. Not connecting? Cursor MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Claude Desktop (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).