# MCP Servers No tools found **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094 "2025-02-08T13:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SlippyDong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/slippydong/32/25644_2.png) [@SlippyDong](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SlippyDong)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/22 "2025-02-11T11:58:53Z")
**TLDR:** 1 solution to this problem is to make sure the path where you install the server doesn’t contain spaces. e.g: node C:/my projects/mcpserver/build/index.js will fail because of a space in “my projects” node C:/projects/mcpserver/build/index.js will work as there are no spaces _notes:_ - _I’m on windows 11 and I’ve tried forward and backslashes and they both work. I just tried forward slashes first, so copying the path of the index.js file in the build folder also works._ - _I run nvm and I’ve also tried running the server global with spaces in the path and that also didn’t work, with or without full paths to node.exe and the index.js file and with or without quotes around the full paths - Getting rid of spaces in the path was my solution._ - _You don’t need to run the server manually before adding the command - the command will start the server automatically - just in case you weren’t sure. You should, however, first try to start and stop the server manually before adding it to cursor so you know the server starts without errors._ - _This isn’t the only possible cause or solution - I’m sure there are other reasons why it may fail to find tools._ **How I found out:** In my case I had: **D:\My Data\Projects.…** When I tried adding (or refreshing) any MCP server that’s installed in a subdirectory in the path above I briefly see a terminal flashing and a node executable being added and removed to the task manager. I wanted to know what is going on and used the free sysinternals ProcessMonitor tool to check what cursor is trying to execute. I set the command in the add MCP server without quotes around the path and got this when I refreshed the server: (Still not allowed to upload multiple images in 1 post so had to post a screenshot of the edit screen which makes it hard to read…) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/d/3d7ee96f0ddc3454b016979d442105389cf9d338.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SlippyDong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/slippydong/32/25644_2.png) [@SlippyDong](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SlippyDong)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/23 "2025-02-11T12:07:49Z")
Just posted a reply below in this thread which may work for you if you have any spaces in the full path to the index.js file. I haven’t tried with npx and just use: node full/path/to/build/index.js (no quotes, no full path to node, not using global node or messing with system variables). Both forward and backslashes work. ---
**Author:** ![misskanagi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/misskanagi/32/25911_2.png) [@misskanagi](https://forum.cursor.com/u/misskanagi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/24 "2025-02-11T13:43:47Z")
Thanks, it’s the only method work for me. ---
**Author:** ![charlwillia6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/charlwillia6/32/20078_2.png) [@charlwillia6](https://forum.cursor.com/u/charlwillia6)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/25 "2025-02-11T18:25:34Z")
All MCP configurations that use npx do not work for me in Cursor on Windows. ```auto 2025-02-11 13:21:06.390 [error] [MCP] Failed to connect to stdio server with command 'npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @smithery-ai/server-sequential-thinking --config "{}"': A system error occurred (spawn npx ENOENT) 2025-02-11 13:21:06.390 [error] [MCP] Error listing tools for stdio server npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @smithery-ai/server-sequential-thinking --config "{}": A system error occurred (spawn npx ENOENT) ``` I get the spawn npx ENOENT error for all MCP servers when trying to configure with npx. I have tried the full path to npx in the command, different types of formatting to the command, etc., and nothing seems to work. ---
**Author:** ![Agnos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/agnos/32/2183_2.png) [@Agnos](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Agnos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/26 "2025-02-11T22:13:01Z")
Yes, I have the same. People who wrote their methods above and who worked for them did not work for me the same ---
**Author:** ![helLf1nGer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/hellf1nger/32/15104_2.png) [@helLf1nGer](https://forum.cursor.com/u/helLf1nGer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/27 "2025-02-12T22:43:16Z")
thank you, I tried so many things, this fixed it. Especially the last image example. run install the server, find the path to the index.js of the server, parse it with node command, no quotation marks, forward slashes only. I am on windows Another Edit: For servers with API KEYS: I modified index.js with my hardcoded key. No commands would work otherwise ---
**Author:** ![SoMaCoSF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/somacosf/32/14963_2.png) [@SoMaCoSF](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SoMaCoSF)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/28 "2025-02-12T23:19:13Z")
For anyone on windows, I have found that the following directive is super happy\_mode: _“Wrap all commands into a .ps1 and execute that”_ * * * Cursor is a curmudgeon in that it always falls back to \*nix and attempts a && often… By enforcing that all executions get wrapped into .ps1 for powersshell executution, you get the added benefit that you have a history of ALL agentic actions, and then, I layer that it should always save these to /scripts and that it verbossely comments what its doing… AND then you can tell the agent to make a directory of these tools AND you can tell it to populate a DB table of the various things with descriptiopns and such. Whereby, one could start a library of tools that come out of the bot. For example, if in one project you need to slurp a csv and transmogrify and pipe to whatever, save that workflow as an agentic .ps1 regardless of how many .pys its going to call… ---
**Author:** ![usernamegoers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9a28c/32.png) [@usernamegoers](https://forum.cursor.com/u/usernamegoers)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/29 "2025-02-13T00:07:26Z")
Can you give an example of what command you put in the mcp server input box? ---
**Author:** ![SoMaCoSF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/somacosf/32/14963_2.png) [@SoMaCoSF](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SoMaCoSF)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/30 "2025-02-13T00:13:54Z")
hmm… You have revealed a thing… I complained abt mcp being non programatic… So let agentify this: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/8/78d59b8b34ee6e99404ab6af451cfe01988b3a46.png) Lets see where this goes ---
**Author:** ![xQuestx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/xquestx/32/25540_2.png) [@xQuestx](https://forum.cursor.com/u/xQuestx)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/31 "2025-02-13T11:19:19Z")
Thanks this finally worked for me. I was also having issues with Brave Search but got that fixed by adding the API key to the Brave Search file. ## Sequential Thinking Server Setup 1. Install the package globally: Copy ```auto npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking ``` 1. In Cursor’s MCP configuration, use this command: Copy ```auto node C:/Users/[YourUsername]/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking/dist/index.js ``` (Replace [YourUsername] with your Windows username) ## Brave Search Server Setup 1. Install the package globally: Copy ```auto npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search ``` 1. You’ll need to modify the server’s index.js file to include your API key: - Open this file in a text editor: Copy ```auto C:/Users/[YourUsername]/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search/dist/index.js ``` - Add this line before the `const BRAVE_API_KEY` declaration: javascript Copy ```auto process.env.BRAVE_API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'; ``` 1. In Cursor’s MCP configuration, use this command: Copy ```auto node C:/Users/[YourUsername]/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search/dist/index.js ``` ## Important Notes: - Use forward slashes (/) in paths instead of backslashes - Don’t use quotes around the paths - Avoid spaces in paths - If you see flashing terminals, it usually means the server is crashing - check for missing environment variables or incorrect paths This workaround is particularly useful since Cursor currently has issues handling environment variables through its UI. ---
**Author:** ![SlippyDong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/slippydong/32/25644_2.png) [@SlippyDong](https://forum.cursor.com/u/SlippyDong)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/32 "2025-02-13T12:31:31Z")
You can wrap any config like API keys in a startup script and include it in the build. e.g. you place you API keys in a .env file in your root folder and include the start-server.js script in the build. ```auto #!/usr/bin/env node // Load environment variables from .env file import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; import { dirname, resolve } from 'path'; import { config } from 'dotenv'; // Get the directory where this script is located const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url); const __dirname = dirname(__filename); // Load .env file from the project root (two levels up if in build directory) const envPath = resolve(__dirname, '..', '.env'); config({ path: envPath }); // Import and run the server import('./index.js').catch((error) => { console.error('Failed to start server:', error); process.exit(1); }); ``` in the index.js file you then simply refer to the key in the .env file: ```auto // Load environment variables const API_KEY = process.env.YOUR_API_KEY ?? ""; ``` This has worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![liamwh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9e8a1a/32.png) [@liamwh](https://forum.cursor.com/u/liamwh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/33 "2025-02-17T22:21:30Z")
I have the same problem, using an MCP server that works over stdio in Claude Desktop but doesn’t work in Cursor. - It’s written in Rust - there’s no spaces in the path - I’ve ran chmod +x 777 on the binary, the path is `/Users/liam/.cargo/bin/binary-name-here`. Can anyone help me out here? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/9/19927e54748756b4ac801d0fee5bc5518483b845.png) ---
**Author:** ![youngclaude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/youngclaude/32/12568_2.png) [@youngclaude](https://forum.cursor.com/u/youngclaude)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/34 "2025-02-18T00:03:18Z")
> [@Agnos](#): > > NVM I had the same issue using NVM. The answer here is to switch to your preferred node version, globally install the dependency so `npm i -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking`, then set the direct path on the node version and the dependency within that node version. So: `C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/nvm/v/node.exe C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/nvm/v/node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres/dist/index.js ` Let me know if that works for you. ---
**Author:** ![nova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nova](https://forum.cursor.com/u/nova)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/35 "2025-02-18T23:21:24Z")
i uninstall node and then install node again ,then it works .first you could try run npx -y in your terminal, it may help to find the real error ---
**Author:** ![exuro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/exuro/32/27588_2.png) [@exuro](https://forum.cursor.com/u/exuro)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/36 "2025-02-19T09:23:59Z")
What worked for me was finding the node version I wanted to use inside AppData/roaming/nvm/[version]/node.exe Then running “npm i -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres” Then locate the .js file in the server which was inside AppData/roaming/npm/node\_modules What I put into Cursor was C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.12.0\node.exe C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules@modelcontextprotocol\server-postgres\dist\index.js ---
**Author:** ![sanjiovani100](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/sanjiovani100/32/16997_2.png) [@sanjiovani100](https://forum.cursor.com/u/sanjiovani100)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/37 "2025-02-19T10:59:28Z")
has anyone actually got this working it 5 minutes to setup in cline i have tried 4 different mcps and all the same No-tool found ![cursor-mcp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/d/3d3a7866de9b77910b1fbecc61bdb789e2acd3b5.png) ---
**Author:** ![gitcnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/gitcnd/32/25840_2.png) [@gitcnd](https://forum.cursor.com/u/gitcnd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/38 "2025-02-19T11:36:20Z")
Me too - I have an stdio server and every conceivably way I could start it all fails. The IDE spawns the code (3 times in a row) immediately killing it with signal 255 every time. ---
**Author:** ![gitcnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/gitcnd/32/25840_2.png) [@gitcnd](https://forum.cursor.com/u/gitcnd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/39 "2025-02-19T11:42:01Z")
This looks incredibly useful, but could you perhaps explain a couple extra things? What are you putting into the .ps1 file (do you have any example of something working you can point us all to maybe?) and I assume you put the full path with forward slashes for the “command” prompt, right ? ---
**Author:** ![ndozhh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ndozhh/32/27337_2.png) [@ndozhh](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ndozhh)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/40 "2025-02-19T12:38:18Z")
Hello! I’m on windows 11 and I’m trying to configure the [GitHub MCP](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/github) but I can’t get it to work. The only way I can see “something” working is if I use the absolute paths to node and the server script, so it looks like `C:\node\node.exe C:\Users\Juan\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@modelcontextprotocol\server-github\dist\index.js`, but there are two problems here: 1. When cursor executes the command a new Terminal window is opened which is annoying and if I close it, the MCP server stops working. 2. The second thing is the authentication token it requires, if I do something like `set GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=my_token && C:\node\node.exe C:\Users\Juan\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@modelcontextprotocol\server-github\dist\index.js` it doesn’t work anymore. Any ideas or suggestions? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTeabag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/maxteabag/32/26732_2.png) [@MaxTeabag](https://forum.cursor.com/u/MaxTeabag)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094/41 "2025-02-19T14:36:42Z")
For me, using the absolute path instead of a npx command worked for me. +1 on the question on how to avoid the annoying terminal windows [Previous page](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.cursor.com/t/mcp-servers-no-tools-found/49094.md?page=3)