Add the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server to Cursor

Prerequisites

• Cursor installed.
• FMP_ACCESS_TOKEN — Financial Modeling Prep API key. Can also be passed as the --fmp-token flag.

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "financial-modeling-prep": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server",
        "--fmp-token=YOUR_FMP_API_KEY"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FMP_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<FMP_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "DYNAMIC_TOOL_DISCOVERY": "<DYNAMIC_TOOL_DISCOVERY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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.