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Monk and the Cursor agent run in the same IDE window. The Monk MCP server is enabled automatically during setup — all you need to do is let Cursor see it.

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Prerequisites

Make sure you have completed the Monk setup and the MCP server step shows as running in the setup screen.

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Setup

1

Restart Cursor

Fully quit and reopen Cursor so it picks up the Monk config in .cursor/mcp.json.
2

Verify Monk is visible

Open Cursor Settings (Cmd+Shift+J / Ctrl+Shift+J) and go to Tools & MCP. Monk should be listed as an MCP server.
3

Start using Monk

Cursor Agent picks up Monk tools automatically. It will ask for approval before calling them — approve and go.Cursor agent communicating with Monk

Deploy your first app

Monk is connected — now deploy your project

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Troubleshooting

If Monk does not appear in Tools & MCP, confirm the project is open at the correct root, Monk MCP is enabled for this workspace, and Cursor has been restarted after the config was generated.

More troubleshooting

Common issues and how to fix them