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The official Context.dev plugin packages the production MCP server with focused skills, commands, and rules for live-web research and API development. It can search, scrape, crawl, extract structured data, parse documents, retrieve brand intelligence, capture screenshots, monitor sites, and run batches.

Install Context.dev for Cursor

Open the official Cursor Marketplace listing.

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Install and connect

1

Install the plugin

Open the Context.dev Marketplace listing, select Install, and choose a user or project scope.You can also run this in Cursor Agent:
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Enable the MCP server

Open Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP, find the context server installed by the plugin, and enable it.
3

Authorize Context.dev

Select Connect or Authenticate. Cursor opens Context.dev in your browser. Sign in and approve access, then return to Cursor and confirm that the server lists its tools.
4

Start a new Agent chat

Plugin skills, rules, and commands load into new chats after installation. Open a new chat before testing the integration.
Cursor’s interactive Context.dev tools use OAuth. Do not put an API key, bearer token, or custom header in the plugin’s mcp.json.

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Verify the setup

Send a read-only request:
Cursor should call web-scrape-markdown. A successful result confirms that the plugin loaded, the context server is enabled, and OAuth completed.

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Use the plugin

Describe the result directly or use one of the bundled commands: Example requests:
Monitor and batch tools can create or change persistent account state. Ask for create, update, run, cancel, or delete operations explicitly and review the call before approving it.

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Build with the API

OAuth authenticates Cursor’s MCP tools. Code that you write to call the Context.dev REST API or SDKs directly uses a separate secret key from the Context.dev dashboard. Store that key server-side as CONTEXT_DEV_API_KEY; never put it in browser code or commit it to source control.

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Troubleshooting

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Reference

Plugin source

Inspect the manifest, MCP configuration, skills, commands, and rules.

Cursor plugin docs

Installation scopes and plugin management in Cursor.

Context.dev MCP guide

Hosted server tools and authentication details.

Context.dev API quickstart

Add Context.dev to application code with an SDK or REST.