Add the Couchbase MCP server to Cursor

Prerequisites

• Cursor installed.
• CB_CONNECTION_STRING — Connection string to the Couchbase cluster.
• CB_USERNAME — Couchbase database username (or use mTLS cert/key paths).
• CB_PASSWORD — Password for the Couchbase user.

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "couchbase": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "couchbase-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CB_CONNECTION_STRING": "<CB_CONNECTION_STRING>",
        "CB_USERNAME": "<CB_USERNAME>",
        "CB_PASSWORD": "<CB_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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.