Cursor cli mcp config not work

[chenchao_wang]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

Describe the Bug

The MCP configuration of cursor cli does not work. When I execute the “cursor-agent mcp list” command, it always show “No MCP servers configured (expected in .cursor/mcp.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json)”, but I have already configured it in ~/.cursor/mcp.json

Steps to Reproduce

1. write some mcp config in ~/.cursor/mcp.json
2. execute command “cursor-agent mcp list”
3. get the outout: “No MCP servers configured (expected in .cursor/mcp.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json)”

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

cursor cli version: 2025.09.17-25b418f

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. I can repro this. I’ll forward it to the team.

[Nikita_Sviridenko]

Same here. Any updates? Anyone managed to work around this?

[olensmar (Ole Lensmar)]

Same here - any update or idea for a workaround? Thanks!