# Cursor

Cursor reads MCP servers from a JSON file. You add one entry and approve on your phone.

## Add the server

Open **Settings → MCP → Add new global MCP server**. Cursor opens `mcp.json`. Add this entry:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "init-tasks": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.inittasks.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Save the file. Cursor reconnects and starts the approval flow.

// The same entry works in any client that reads an `mcpServers` object, including Windsurf and Zed.

## Approve on your phone

Cursor shows you a nine-digit code. Open init.Tasks on a device you already use, go to **Settings → account → encryption & devices → connected apps**, enter the code, and check it matches.

Approve read-only unless you want Cursor to change things.

## Check it worked

The MCP panel in Cursor lists the server with a green dot and the tools it found. Ask the agent:

```text
What is in my init.Tasks inbox?
```

## Turn it off

In init.Tasks, open **Settings → account → encryption & devices → connected apps** and revoke it. Deleting the entry from `mcp.json` stops Cursor calling the server, but the grant lives on the server until you revoke it there.

## Next

- [What a connected assistant can and cannot do](/connect)
- [The tools Cursor gets](/mcp)