This guide will walk you through how to integrate monday.com with Cursor IDE using the monday MCP, allowing you to manage your account data directly from your coding environment. monday.com is available as a verified plugin in the Cursor Marketplace and the setup involves just a few clicks.

Prerequisites

• MCP is preinstalled on all monday.com accounts. If you can't connect, ask your admin to check Admin → Permissions → AI Connectors. See Managing AI Connectors & MCP Access for more information.
• Cursor IDE installed and logged in
• OAuth consent for monday.com when prompted

How to connect monday MCP and Cursor

Option 1: Cursor marketplace plugin (recommended)

This is the fastest way to get started. The monday plugin is verified by Cursor and installs the MCP server automatically. 

Open the monday plugin in the Cursor Marketplace and click on Add to Cursor.

Authenticate: A browser window will open, prompting you to authorize Cursor to access your monday.com account.

Lastly, test with this prompt: "List my monday.com boards". Cursor should automatically detect and use monday MCP when relevant. You can also explicitly request it to do so.

Option 2: Manual configuration

Open Cursor settings on Windows or Linux: Ctrl + Shift + J

Open Cursor settings on Mac: Cmd + Shift + J

Navigate to Tools & Integrations. Click on Add Custom MCP and add the MCP configuration (as shown below).

Save the configuration and then Cursor will automatically detect the new MCP server.

A browser window will then open prompting you to authorize Cursor to access your monday.com account. 

Test with this promt: "List my monday.com boards". Cursor should automatically detect and use monday MCP when relevant. You can also explicitly request it to do so.

Example configuration

In JSON:

  {
 "mcpServers": {
   "monday-mcp":{
    "url": "https://mcp.monday.com/mcp"
   }
 }
}

Troubleshooting

• Authorization failed?
  Ensure your admin has enabled AI Connectors. For more information, please see Managing AI Connectors & MCP Access.
   
• Connection timeout?
  Check your internet connection and corporate firewall settings
   
• Tools not appearing?
  Ensure the server is enabled in Cursor settings
   
• Permissions error?
  Verify your monday.com account has appropriate board access

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