Connect Cursor

Add the looot MCP server to Cursor, sign in with the browser or a header token, and check it works.

Cursor reaches looot’s catalog, balance and runs over MCP, through a one-click install link or a config file.

Before you start you need a looot account. The runs you make spend the organization’s balance, so top up before your first paid run. See Before your first run.

Sign in with the browser

The server URL is https://api.looot.ai/mcp. Nothing to copy: you sign in on looot.ai, pick the organization to bill and click Connect.

One-click deeplink

cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=looot&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2FwaS5sb29vdC5haS9tY3AifQ==

~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looot": {
      "url": "https://api.looot.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Headless: a token in the header

Only for CI and machines with no browser. Create an agent token in Settings and send it as Authorization: Bearer <token>. Never commit it.

Headless: ~/.cursor/mcp.json with a header

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looot": {
      "url": "https://api.looot.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <agent token from looot.ai Settings>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes

• Cursor manages MCP servers from its Customize page. Start looot’s sign-in there, or when Cursor first needs a looot tool.
• Labels may differ slightly in your version.
• looot is also listed on the Cursor directory: https://cursor.directory/plugins/looot
• Cursor desktop uses the callback http://localhost:8787/callback, so a looot gateway running locally on 8787 blocks sign-in.

Check it works

Ask Cursor to call balance or catalog_overview. Both are free. A working connection answers with your available balance, or the catalog’s categories and job counts.

Let your AI guide you

Paste this into Claude Code or any AI assistant and it walks you through the setup.

Help me connect the looot MCP server https://api.looot.ai/mcp to Cursor. Go one step at a time and wait for me to confirm. After each step, ask me for a screenshot, check it, and tell me exactly what to do next. Ask me to hide any token first. Check my mcp.json file with me as we go. Steps: 1. Open the Customize page. 2. Add looot to ~/.cursor/mcp.json under mcpServers with the url. 3. Start looot's sign-in and click Allow on the looot page. 4. Switch looot on in the list. Use browser sign-in. If it fails, tell me to make a token at looot.ai/connect under Advanced and keep it in the config file only, never in this chat. At the end, ask looot for my balance, run ipinfo-lite on 8.8.8.8, and tell me both results.

What you see when you connect

The browser opens looot.ai and shows the consent page: which organization to bill, which scopes to grant and how long to stay connected. See The consent page.