# Cursor CLI can't parse MCP image responses

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** cli\
**Created:** [October 2, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764 "2025-10-02T09:16:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Hanzen\_Shou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hanzen\_Shou](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Hanzen_Shou)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764/1 "2025-10-02T09:16:19Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

### Describe the Bug

Cursor CLI is unable to see images that are returned from MCP images

### Steps to Reproduce

Call MCP tool that returns image

### Expected Behavior

Cursor is meant to understand the returned image

### Operating System

MacOS

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.6.23 (Universal)  
VSCode Version: 1.99.3  
Commit: 9b5f3f4f2368631e3455d37672ca61b6dce85430  
Date: 2025-09-15T21:47:50.112Z  
Electron: 34.5.8  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.19.1  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

### For AI issues: which model did you use?

Sonnet 4.5

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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**Author:** ![sanjeed5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sanjeed5/32/9610_2.png) [@sanjeed5](https://forum.cursor.com/u/sanjeed5)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764/2 "2025-10-04T18:46:05Z")

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Thanks for the report. Can you try updating to 1.7 and see if this works?

> **[Changelog](https://cursor.com/changelog#image-file-support-for-agent)**
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> New updates and improvements.

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**Author:** ![sanjeed5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sanjeed5/32/9610_2.png) [@sanjeed5](https://forum.cursor.com/u/sanjeed5)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764/3 "2025-10-04T18:48:11Z")

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Sorry, I saw your Cursor version and thought it’s the IDE instead of CLI. Can you confirm if you’re facing this issue on the IDE or the CLI cursor-agent?

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**Author:** ![Hanzen\_Shou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hanzen\_Shou](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Hanzen_Shou)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764/4 "2025-10-06T17:00:58Z")

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In the CLI cursor-agent specifically

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**Author:** ![Hanzen\_Shou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hanzen\_Shou](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Hanzen_Shou)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764/5 "2025-10-15T16:27:15Z")

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Hi, following up on this topic. Is this issue something the Cursor is aware of?

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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:** [November 6, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-cli-cant-parse-mcp-image-responses/135764/6 "2025-11-06T16:27:53Z")

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Closed on November 6, 2025, 4:27pm UTC

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