Cursor Integration

Cursor is an AI pair programmer that helps you write, refactor, and understand code. By connecting Cursor to the Shortcut MCP Server, you can bring your Stories and Epics directly into your coding environment, making it easy for agents to access context, create branches, and keep Shortcut up to date automatically.

How to Setup

See the official Cursor docs for more information.

1. Open or create ~/.cursor/mcp.json. For a project-only connection, use <project-root>/.cursor/mcp.json.
2. Add the Shortcut server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortcut": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Cursor.
4. Follow the authorization prompt the first time Cursor connects to Shortcut.

Authentication is handled with OAuth. You do not need to create or store a Shortcut API token.