Describe the Bug
on my debian 12 system, trying to get deeplinks to work to easily install MCP servers; Followed this guidance https://claude.ai/share/c1a66c8a-7ebc-4fbd-9dd0-788123a5a46b trying to get deeplinks working; when I click any of the deeplinks to install an MCP server, instead it creates a new text file with the filename consisting of the URL from the deeplink.
Steps to Reproduce
Install Cursor on Debian 12 and try clicking a deeplink like cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=Playwright&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoibnB4IEBwbGF5d3JpZ2h0L21jcEBsYXRlc3QifQ%3D%3D
Expected Behavior
Should install the MCP server
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.1.7
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 7111807980fa9c93aedd455ffa44b682c0dc1350
Date: 2025-07-01T07:30:30.003Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.1.0-37-amd64
Does this stop you from using Cursor
No - Cursor works, but with this issue