Install for Cursor

Add Patina to Cursor so your agent can fetch playbooks and context docs.

Adding Patina to Cursor gives your AI coding assistant access to your team's approved workflows and business context. Your code reviews, documentation, and generation tasks all benefit from shared team knowledge.

Prerequisites

• A Patina account — sign up free if you don't have one
• Cursor installed — download from cursor.com

Find your workspace slug

Sign in to Patina and copy the last part of your workspace URL. For example, the slug in https://patina.so/acme/marketing/files is marketing.

Add the MCP server config

Cursor reads MCP configuration from a file in your project root. Create a file called .cursor/mcp.json with the following content.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patina": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://patina.so/mcp/your-workspace-slug"
    }
  }
}

Replace your-workspace-slug with your workspace slug. Cursor starts the OAuth sign-in flow when it first connects.

Verify it works

Open Cursor's AI chat and ask:

List my Patina playbooks

Cursor should respond with the playbooks from your workspace. If it does, you're all set.

Troubleshooting

"No MCP servers found"

Make sure the JSON in your config file is valid — a missing comma or bracket will cause the file to be ignored. You can check it with a free JSON validator like jsonlint.com.

Authentication didn't start

Open the MCP settings in Cursor, select Patina, and complete the OAuth sign-in flow.

Cursor doesn't mention Patina

Restart Cursor after creating or editing the config file — changes to MCP settings aren't picked up until the editor restarts.

List my Patina playbooks