# Cant get MCP running

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-get-mcp-running/78977>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 14, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-get-mcp-running/78977 "2025-04-14T09:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![PhilipZi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/philipzi/32/46865_2.png) [@PhilipZi](https://forum.cursor.com/u/PhilipZi)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-get-mcp-running/78977/1 "2025-04-14T09:39:59Z")

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In tutorials and set ups it shows a form in which to put some variables.  
But for me it doesnt shows this windows i get straight to a mcp.json file and have no clue what to set there.

My Goal ist to get a Docker oder Directus instance connected to my IDE. The docker container is running on my system i would like to be able to read the logs for example.

but i dont get it running at all. Can someone help? This is to new for me…

Here an example of what i have tried so far… i know its not a lot but no clue how and what to set there:

```auto
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-name": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["docker-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![normalnormie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/normalnormie/32/18258_2.png) [@normalnormie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/normalnormie)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-get-mcp-running/78977/2 "2025-04-14T10:02:20Z")

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I didn’t modified mcp json as I setup tools in a different way, check [https://mcprunner.com/](https://mcprunner.com/) to build mcp commands with variables, Cursor settings\>Features\>MCP Servers, add new server and modify type to command not sse

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-get-mcp-running/78977/3 "2026-06-18T10:38:22Z")

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