Cursor Integration?

[YUANLIN327]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone knows how to properly use codanna in cursor

[bartolli]

The setup with Cursor works like other clients that use JSON settings. Here’s how to connect Codanna to Cursor:

Go to Cursor → Settings → Cursor Settings.
Then select Tools & MCP → New MCP Server.

In the mcp.json file, add this block:

"Codanna": {
  "command": "codanna",
  "args": [
    "--config",
    "/path/to/your/project/.codanna/settings.toml",
    "serve",
    "--watch"
  ]
}

Replace /path/to/your/project/ with your actual project path.

Note: The --configflag points the MCP server to the right index. Cursor doesn’t seem to support project-specific MCP settings yet. There’s a discussion about it on their forum: Wish: Project-specific MCP server configs
For now, if you use Codanna across multiple projects, define multiple servers with different names and config paths. Then toggle the one you need on and turn the rest off under Tools & MCP.

Steps:
1. Index your project.
2. Add the MCP block in mcp.json.

Once Cursor supports per-project settings, this workaround won’t be needed. Hope that helps. Let me know if you run into any issues.