Add the Qdrant MCP server to Cursor

Prerequisites

• Cursor installed.
• QDRANT_URL — URL of the Qdrant instance. Required unless using QDRANT_LOCAL_PATH.
• COLLECTION_NAME — Name of the Qdrant collection to use. Required unless provided per-tool.

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qdrant": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-qdrant"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QDRANT_URL": "<QDRANT_URL>",
        "COLLECTION_NAME": "<COLLECTION_NAME>",
        "QDRANT_API_KEY": "<QDRANT_API_KEY>",
        "EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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.