I find the “Tools” section quite confusing and I often find myself not having the correct tool available depending on where I am (a local repo, a worktree, web cloud, …).
What does Home actually mean here ?
I dont understand how team mcps are supposed to work
I wish there also was a default that I could just apply everywhere instead of having to configure each repo individually.
When you’re in the “Home” section - is the view for when you’re not inside a specific project workspace. It shows your user-level MCP servers (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`) and any team servers configured in the dashboard. These MCP servers are available regardless of your project.
It does not include project-specific servers from `/.cursor/mcp.json`. Those only appear when you select that project’s tab (or when you’re working in that repo).
As an example, in the picture below, I created a “dummy” MCP that is only available in one workspace. If I go to another tab that MCP disappears and is no longer selectable.
If you want the same MCPs across repos without per-project setup, add them to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (user-level MCPs), not <repo>/.cursor/mcp.json. Use project MCPs only when a repo needs something different.
