Add the MinIO MCP server to Cursor

Config last verified Jun 1, 2026

The exact config to run MinIO in Cursor — paste it in, restart, and the tools load.

Prerequisites

Cursor installed.
MINIO_ENDPOINT — Hostname:port of your MinIO or AIStor server.
MINIO_ACCESS_KEY — Access key used to authenticate to the object store.
MINIO_SECRET_KEY — Secret key paired with the access key.

Setup

1. Open `~/.cursor/mcp.json`

2. Add this configuration

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json

~/.cursor/mcp.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "minio": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MINIO_ENDPOINT",
        "-e",
        "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY",
        "-e",
        "MINIO_SECRET_KEY",
        "-e",
        "MINIO_USE_SSL",
        "-v",
        "/path/to/local/dir:/data",
        "quay.io/minio/aistor/mcp-server-aistor:latest",
        "--allowed-directories",
        "/data"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MINIO_ENDPOINT": "<MINIO_ENDPOINT>",
        "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY": "<MINIO_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "MINIO_SECRET_KEY": "<MINIO_SECRET_KEY>",
        "MINIO_USE_SSL": "<MINIO_USE_SSL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Cursor and confirm the MinIO tools load.

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.

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