MCP Setup: Connect VS Code (Server) with Cursor (Client)

This project demonstrates how to connect two different editors — Visual Studio Code and Cursor — using MCP (Model-Connected Programming) to allow code execution, debugging, and interaction across both tools.

Goal

To use:

• VS Code as the MCP server (where the code runs)
• Cursor as the MCP client (where the code is edited and AI-assisted)

Project Structure

GEN-AI/ └── genai-cohort/ └── mcp-weather/ └── index.js

This index.js is the entry point for your Node.js server that gets run by MCP.

How I Set It Up

1. Opened VS Code — this acted as the MCP server.
2. Opened Cursor — this acted as the MCP client.
3. Inside Cursor, I opened the MCP Tool and added this configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weather-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["./GEN-AI/genai-cohort/mcp-weather/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your_actual_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}