MCP Server Cursor To Github

🚀 MCP + Cursor GitHub Setup Guide

Achieve full control of GitHub by connecting to the Cursor backend service (MCP).

🚀 Quick Start

✨ Features

This guide enables you to use Cursor in conjunction with MCP to control GitHub, providing a series of tools for GitHub operations such as creating, updating, and deleting repositories, as well as reading file contents and searching for repositories.

📦 Installation

🛠️ Steps to Connect Cursor to MCP for GitHub Control

🧭 1. Open the Cursor Editor

• Launch Cursor, the first code editor for artificial intelligence.
• Click on Settings (⚙️ at the bottom - left corner).

🌐 2. Navigate to the MCP Section

• Scroll to the MCP (Model Context Protocol) section in Settings.
• Click "Add Server".

🔧 3. Fill in MCP Server Details

• Name: Local MCP Server
• URL: http://localhost:3333 (or the port you configured in server.js)
• Client: Select ollama or your preferred LLM engine.
• Authentication: Leave it blank for internal network use. Add headers if you need to use token authentication.

✅ Cursor is now connected to your MCP server!

⚙️ Ensure Your MCP Server is Running

Run the local server in the terminal:

node server.js

Expected output:

✅ MCP service has started at http://localhost:3333

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

🤖 Control GitHub Using Cursor Prompts

After connecting to MCP, use the following in the Cursor command palette:

⌘ + K / Ctrl + K → Enter:

Create a private GitHub repository named ai - lab
Add README.md to the ai - lab repository with initial text
Search for repositories about 'android hacking tools'

The MCP GitHub plugin (@smithery - ai/github) handles GitHub API calls through your server.

Advanced Usage

📥 Submit Code to GitHub

Use the following command to submit changes:

npx @smithery/cli ask "Commit all changes to repo my - app with the commit message 'Initial commit'"

📚 Documentation

✅ Available GitHub Tools

These tools can be triggered through Cursor's prompt bar or the following command:

npx @smithery/cli

🧠 Best Practices

• Keep your mcp.json secure (especially the GitHub token).
• Use environment variables to store confidential information in production.
• Test the server connection using:

curl http://localhost:3333

Logs will display tool calls and API responses for easy debugging.

📎 Resources

• [Cursor GitHub Plugin](https://smithery.ai/server/@smithery - ai/github)
• MCP SDK Documentation
• Ollama Server Official Website

If you need a full, directly - cloneable repository containing all the above files, please let me know!