MCP not showing

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I have added the Brave MCP to my cursor settings and it shows as enabled.

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However when I go to chat there’s no way to select it

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I have restarted cursor multiple times. How is this feature supposed to work?

2

I guess you havent checked the documentation?

3

I have but I could not find any limitations there that are relevant. The same config is working in Windsurf.

In this case I am using the brave npx mpc

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

I was also following these instructions here but they seem to target an older version of cursor.

4

You can just ask Ai to use brave search. thats what that page says :slight_smile:

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5

it doesnt depend on version.

docu says " To prompt tool usage intentionally, simply tell the agent to use the tool, referring to it either by name or by description."

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6

Thank you, i got it now.

So in short:

  • use agent mode
  • it will call the MCP when it thinks it needs to, otherwise call it specifically using the name (in this case ‘brave_web_search’ or ‘brave_local_search’ )
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7

just “Use brave search …” should be enough

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