Cursor MCP Server for Bookmarks (2026 Setup, 3 min)

Connect with OAuth. Use https://api.contextbolt.app/mcp, then sign in with your Pro extension account email, enter the email code, and approve access. Existing personal URLs still work for older clients. Full setup and recovery help.

Cursor is an AI-powered code editor built on VS Code. It supports MCP (Model Context Protocol), which means you can give its AI features direct access to your ContextBolt bookmarks while you code.

Once connected, Cursor’s AI chat and Composer can search your saved web pages and your saves from Twitter/X, Reddit and LinkedIn. This is useful when you’re building something and want to reference articles, discussions, or technical threads you bookmarked weeks or months ago.

Why this integration matters for Cursor users

Cursor users already rely on AI to help with code. The ContextBolt integration extends that AI with your own curated knowledge.

Think about how you work. You read a great thread on Twitter about error handling patterns, you bookmark it. You save a Reddit post explaining database indexing strategies. Three weeks later, you’re building exactly the feature those saves would help with, but they’re buried in your browser.

With this integration, you can ask Cursor’s AI to search your bookmarks mid-conversation. The search is semantic, so you describe what you need in natural language. Cursor already understands your codebase — now it can also understand what you’ve been reading and saving.

The full Cursor MCP config block

Add this shared URL in .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global). There is no token to replace in this OAuth configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bookmarks": {
      "url": "https://api.contextbolt.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Save the file, open Cursor’s MCP settings, and select Authenticate for bookmarks. Sign in with the same email as your Pro extension account, enter the email code, and approve the connection. If it stays disconnected, check that sign-in finished and Pro is active. Update a client that cannot complete OAuth, or use the personal-URL compatibility option.

Tips for Cursor workflows

Use in Composer for context-rich generation: When starting a Composer session, ask Cursor to check your bookmarks for relevant patterns first. This grounds the generated code in material you’ve already vetted.

Reference saves in code reviews: If you saved an article about a pattern you’re now seeing in a PR, ask Cursor to find it and summarize the relevant points.

Combine with codebase search: Ask Cursor something like “Search my bookmarks for WebSocket best practices, then review how our current WebSocket implementation compares.” This connects your saved knowledge to your actual code.