Does MDN MCP (experimental) work with Cursor?

Q: Does MDN MCP (experimental) work with Cursor?

Yes. In our test on 2026-10-23 (Cursor CLI 2026.10.22-27dcf5f, mcp-remote 0.15.2, plan: Cursor Pro+), MDN MCP (experimental) passed install, connect, tools and an agent task.

Yes. MDN MCP (experimental) passed every step of our test in Cursor on Oct 23, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed

Date testedOct 23, 2026

Plan tested onCursor Pro+

App versionCursor CLI 2026.10.22-27dcf5f

Server packagemcp-remote 0.15.2

Connect timeconnected in 2.5s

Modelgpt-5.3-codex-low

Steps

install OK
connect OK
tools visible OK
agent task: mdn docs fact OKanswer a fact from current MDN docs fetched by the server (MDN MCP only covers web platform docs)

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

Versions tested

Cursor CLI 2026.10.22-27dcf5f · mcp-remote 0.15.2 · connected in 2.5s · tested Oct 23, 2026

Server package tested: mcp-remote 0.15.2 (npm, Node v20.19.2; resolved 2026-10-23)

Direct and key dependencies as resolved: express 4.22.3 · open 10.2.0 · strict-url-sanitise 0.0.1 · undici 7.30.1

All 79 resolved dependencies

accepts==1.3.8
array-flatten==1.1.1
body-parser==1.20.9
bundle-name==4.1.1
bytes==3.1.2
call-bind-apply-helpers==1.0.2
call-bound==1.0.4
content-disposition==0.5.4
content-type==1.0.5
cookie==0.7.2
cookie-signature==1.0.7
debug==2.6.9
default-browser==5.5.1
default-browser-id==5.0.1
define-lazy-prop==3.0.0
depd==2.0.0
destroy==1.2.0
dunder-proto==1.0.1
ee-first==1.1.1
encodeurl==2.0.0
es-define-property==1.0.1
es-errors==1.3.0
es-object-atoms==1.1.2
escape-html==1.0.3
etag==1.8.1
express==4.22.3
finalhandler==1.3.2
forwarded==0.2.0
fresh==0.5.2
function-bind==1.1.2
get-intrinsic==1.3.0
get-proto==1.0.1
gopd==1.2.0
has-symbols==1.1.0
hasown==2.0.4
http-errors==2.0.1
iconv-lite==0.4.24
inherits==2.0.4
ipaddr.js==1.9.1
is-docker==3.0.0
is-inside-container==1.0.0
is-wsl==3.1.1
math-intrinsics==1.1.0
media-typer==0.3.0
merge-descriptors==1.0.3
methods==1.1.2
mime==1.6.0
mime-db==1.52.0
mime-types==2.1.35
ms==2.0.0, 2.1.3
negotiator==0.6.3
object-inspect==1.13.4
on-finished==2.4.2
open==10.2.0
parseurl==1.3.3
path-to-regexp==0.1.13
proxy-addr==2.0.8
qs==6.16.1
range-parser==1.2.1
raw-body==2.5.3
run-applescript==7.1.0
safe-buffer==5.2.1
safer-buffer==2.1.2
send==0.19.2
serve-static==1.16.3
setprototypeof==1.2.0
side-channel==1.1.1
side-channel-list==1.0.1
side-channel-map==1.0.1
side-channel-weakmap==1.0.2
statuses==2.0.2
strict-url-sanitise==0.0.1
toidentifier==1.0.1
type-is==1.6.18
undici==7.30.1
unpipe==1.0.0
utils-merge==1.0.1
vary==1.1.2
wsl-utils==0.1.0

Captured with: npm ls --all --json in the npx env.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

{
 "mcpServers": {
  "mdn-mcp": {
   "command": "npx",
   "args": [
    "-y",
    "mcp-remote",
    "https://mcp.mdn.mozilla.net/"
   ]
  }
 }
}

Connection check

mdn-mcp: ready

Tools the app saw

3 tools in the app (protocol check found 3).

Agent task: mdn docs fact

Tool calls, in order: mdn-mcp: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 MDN MCP (experimental) page. Not connecting? Cursor MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).

All MCP servers tested in Cursor