Unable to connect to taskmaster-ai MCP in Cursor 1.0

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"taskmaster-ai": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "--package=task-master-ai", "task-master-ai"],
        "env": {
          "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-apiXXXXXXX",
          "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "pplx-XXXX"
        }
      },

but I see a red dot, that is not connecting as MCP I can install and init task-master on terminal but then how can I run the tasks?

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Hey, I checked your config and it’s working. Can you check the logs? To do this, open the Output panel by going to the View -> Output menu, and in the dropdown menu, select the MCP Logs. Also, try disabling and enabling the MCP server again, or restarting Cursor, it usually helps.

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thanks, I’m getting:

[error] user-task-master-ai: npm error code ENOTEMPTY

npm error syscall rename

npm error path /Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_npx/0726791833487271/node_modules/mcp-proxy

2025-06-11 11:34:36.774 [error] user-task-master-ai: npm error dest /Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_npx/0726791833487271/node_modules/.mcp-proxy-20Y6CiCo

npm error errno -66

npm error ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename '/Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_npx/0726791833487271/node_modules/mcp-proxy' -> '/Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_npx/0726791833487271/node_modules/.mcp-proxy-20Y6CiCo'

2025-06-11 11:34:36.775 [error] user-task-master-ai: npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_logs/2025-06-11T10_34_28_473Z-debug-0.log
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Aha, I got it, try to follow these steps:

  1. Clear the npm cache:

npm cache clean --force

  1. Remove problematic temporary directories:

rm -rf /Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_npx/0726791833487271

  1. Check file permissions:

ls -la /Users/johnbiddulph/.npm/_npx/

  1. Update npm to the latest version:

npm install -g npm@latest

  1. Restart your computer.

If the issue persists, check the available disk space and ensure there are no other npm processes running in the background.

Hope this helps. If you have any further questions, let me know.

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Thank you so much @deanrie