MCP-Atlassian server connected but not responding to queries in Cursor AI

Bug Report: MCP-Atlassian server connected but not responding to queries in Cursor AI

Description

I have set up several MCP servers in Cursor AI, and all of them are in a “connected” status. However, when I try to use the MCP-Atlassian server in the chat or composer with the query: “Could you give me Confluence page information of page ID 3447391249”, the Cursor AI does not recognize or utilize the MCP server. It appears that Cursor AI does not see or apply the MCP server in either the chat or the composer.

For reference, the same setup works without any issues in Claude.


Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set up multiple MCP servers, including MCP-Atlassian, in Cursor AI.

  2. Ensure that all servers show a “connected” status.

  3. Query MCP-Atlassian with: “Could you give me Confluence page information of page ID 3447391249” in the chat and composer.

  4. Observe that the server is not seen or used for this request.


Expected Behavior

The MCP-Atlassian server should respond with Confluence page information when queried in both the chat and the composer.


Actual Behavior

The MCP-Atlassian server is not recognized or applied, and no information is returned. Cursor AI appears not to see or use the server in either the chat or composer.


Environment Details

  • Operating System: macOS Sequoia 15.1, Apple M1 Pro (16-inch, 2021), 16GB RAM

  • VPN/Proxy status: I am using a VPN (Outline) and/or VLESS.


Logs (anonymized)


2025-02-23 23:07:19.145 [info] [MCP] Handling CreateClient action for stdio server: uvx mcp-atlassian --confluence-url=https://lookchart.atlassian.net/wiki --confluence-username=ANONYMIZED --confluence-token=ANONYMIZED --jira-url=https://lookchart.atlassian.net/jira --jira-username=ANONYMIZED --jira-token=ANONYMIZED

2025-02-23 23:07:19.655 [info] [MCP] Successfully connected to stdio server with command: uvx mcp-atlassian --confluence-url=https://lookchart.atlassian.net/wiki

2025-02-23 23:07:24.437 [info] [MCP] Found 9 tools: ["confluence_search","confluence_get_page","confluence_get_comments","jira_get_issue","jira_search","jira_get_project_issues","jira_create_issue","jira_update_issue","jira_delete_issue"]

2025-02-23 23:10:54.251 [info] [MCP] Expanded command path: uvx mcp-atlassian --confluence-url=https://lookchart.atlassian.net/wiki

2025-02-23 23:10:54.257 [info] [MCP] Found 9 tools: ["confluence_search","confluence_get_page","confluence_get_comments","jira_get_issue","jira_search","jira_get_project_issues","jira_create_issue","jira_update_issue","jira_delete_issue"]

My bad. It requires the Agent mode of the composer, which wasn’t enabled by default. The same issue was resolved here: How do I get Cursor to use my configured MCP Servers? - #6 by lix

Im having the same issue even in Agent mode. Running Cursor:
Version: 0.46.4
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: db71624816f6d52f6e54f47c37cdc7df23e22620
Date: 2025-02-25T07:28:07.050Z
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.2.0

I didnt clone the repo but followed the install instructions in GitHub - sooperset/mcp-atlassian

Created an API Token in Atlassian

I only want JIRA right now and so configured the MCP Server in Cursor using the command:
uvx mcp-atlassian --jira-url=https://<my_domain>.atlassian.net --jira-username=<my_username> --jira-token=<my_token>

The MCP seems to connect but when I use a prompt like "list all tasks in jira://PEBBLE it just returns “It seems that “PEBBLE” is not a valid project key in your JIRA instance. Let me try a different approach by searching for all available issues:”

Am I doing something wrong?