Add the BookStack MCP server to Cursor

Prerequisites

• Cursor installed.
• BOOKSTACK_BASE_URL — Your BookStack API endpoint, e.g. https://your-bookstack.com/api.
• BOOKSTACK_API_TOKEN — BookStack API token in token_id:token_secret form.

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bookstack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bookstack-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BOOKSTACK_BASE_URL": "<BOOKSTACK_BASE_URL>",
        "BOOKSTACK_API_TOKEN": "<BOOKSTACK_API_TOKEN>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gotchas

Cursor keeps MCP servers under an "mcpServers" object in ~/.cursor/mcp.json for global use, and also reads a project-scoped .cursor/mcp.json so a repository can ship its own servers. Remote servers are configured with a bare "url" field and connect natively, with OAuth handled in-app when a server requires it.