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Connect Cursor to GeneFoundry

Use GeneFoundry’s hosted MCP endpoint with Cursor. Review sign-in requirements before setting up the connection.

Before you begin

Add the endpoint below, then sign in in your browser when prompted.

  • Open a project in Cursor with access to its agent features.

Add GeneFoundry

  1. Merge the genefoundry entry below into .cursor/mcp.json for this project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for your user. Preserve any existing servers.
  2. Open Cursor’s MCP settings, enable GeneFoundry, and complete its OAuth sign-in.
  3. Use Agent chat and ask it to query GeneFoundry.
Hosted MCP endpoint
https://genefoundry.org/mcp

Cursor setup
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "genefoundry": {
      "url": "https://genefoundry.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Instructions checked against official documentation on 2026-09-05.

Official setup reference

Sign in

Complete the browser sign-in requested by your client. Return to the client to continue.