Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?
Cursor CLI
Describe the Bug
Even though .cursor/mcp.json is present in current path, cursor-agent mcp list returns “No servers were found”
Steps to Reproduce
Create .cursor/mcp.json in current path.
Run cursor-agent mcp list
Expected Behavior
It should list configured mcp servers. They are there.
Operating System
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.7.17
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 34881053400013f38e2354f1479c88c9067039a0
Date: 2025-09-29T03:10:26.099Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-32-generic
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condor
2
Thanks for all the many good bug reports. Sorry for the issue and I’m trying to reproduce.
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It turns out that I had to trust the workspace to get a little further. But it still doesn’t work after that. i get:
$ cursor-agent mcp list Failed to list MCP servers: Requested scopes are not valid: mcp:tools
Which is not a clear error since that string is nowhere to be found.
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Outside of devcontainer I get this:
$ cursor-agent mcp list
Failed to list MCP servers: fetch failed
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deanrie
5
Hey, thanks for the report. The team has been notified about this issue and is working on a fix.
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Thank you for reporting this bug report. My current work has completely stopped because of this issue