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Prompt to install the MCP server in Cursor #5767
Description
Since Cursor doesn't support the VS Code MCP APIs (requested here), MCP servers must be registered explicitly.
We should detect when running in cursor and show a prompt that just triggers the URL from the button at https://github.com/dart-lang/ai/tree/main/pkgs/dart_mcp_server#cursor
See:
- Wish for when I install Flutter VS Code extention into Cursor, it automatically sets up our MCP server inside of Cursor dart-lang/ai#273
- Wish for when I install Flutter VS Code extention into Cursor, it automatically sets up our MCP server inside of Cursor dart-lang/ai#273 (comment)
- Wish for when I install Flutter VS Code extention into Cursor, it automatically sets up our MCP server inside of Cursor dart-lang/ai#273 (comment)
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Prompt to install the MCP server when running in Cursor
sethladd commentedon Nov 3, 2025
I saw the popup, thank you!
however, it looks like it's try to set up the MCP with the old configuration:
We don't need the experimental flag anymore.
not sure if the force-roots-fallback is also still required?
sethladd commentedon Nov 3, 2025
I checked https://docs.flutter.dev/ai/mcp-server, looks like we still advice someone using cursor to use experimental and force-roots
I opened flutter/website#12622 in case it's a doc bug
DanTup commentedon Nov 3, 2025
I noticed that was still there (I copied from the docs), but I left it there in case any users are still on older versions of the SDK that still required it.
I'm not sure if that's no longer required, but again, it's possible users have older versions of the SDK and/or Cursor, so it might be safer to keep it for a little while?
I'm happy to update with whatever you think makes most sense though, just let me know!