How to install Serena MCP: the IDE for your agent in Cursor

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Steps

1Install uv (for uvx): https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
2Open .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for all projects)
3Add the entry below. If the file already has "mcpServers", add just the inner entry
4Check Cursor Settings → MCP and enable the server

Configuration

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serena": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "serena-agent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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