Does Everything (reference) work with Cursor?

Yes. Everything (reference) 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

  1. install OK
  2. connected OK
  3. tools visible OK
  4. agent task OK

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

What happened in this run

Install config we used

{
 "mcpServers": {
  "ref-everything": {
   "command": "npx",
   "args": [
    "-y",
    "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"
   ]
  }
 }
}

Connection check

ref-everything: ready

Tools the app saw

14 tools in the app (protocol check found 13).

Agent task: task

  • Tool calls, in order: ref-everything:echo
  • Agent’s answer (excerpt): Running the `echo` MCP tool now and I’ll return its exact echoed output.toolpassed
  • Run:

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 Everything (reference) page. Not connecting? Cursor MCP troubleshooting.

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

All MCP servers tested in Cursor

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