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Cursor supports MCP servers across Mac, Windows, and Linux, either through Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP, or directly in an mcp.json file.

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Base URL
platform.octamem.com
Auth
Bearer API key
Primitives
details / search / add
OctaMem and Cursor logos side by side, illustrating OctaMem as an MCP memory server inside the Cursor editor.

OctaMem × Cursor

Context that outlives the editor session

Cursor already reads your repository; OctaMem gives it the reasoning behind the code. Architectural decisions, incident write-ups, and review threads stay retrievable long after the tab is closed — so a new session doesn't start by re-deriving what the team settled months ago.

Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP

1Step

Open Tools & MCP

In Cursor, open Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP. Click Add new MCP server.

2Step

Configure OctaMem

3Step

Enable in chat

Open a chat, click the tools icon, and enable octamem. Cursor’s composer can now call remember, recall, and forget.

mcp.json (advanced)

Cursor reads mcp.json in this order. The first match wins, so a project-level file overrides anything in your home directory.

  • Project: .cursor/mcp.json at the project root. Checked first.
  • User (macOS / Linux): ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
  • User (Windows): %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json.
mcp.json
JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octamem": {
      "url": "https://mcp.octamem.com",
      "auth": {
        "type": "bearer",
        "token": "oct_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify

Open Cursor’s tools panel and confirm the OctaMem tools list. Then ask Cursor: “remember that we use 4-space indentation in this repo”. Open a new chat and ask “what’s our indentation rule?”, Cursor should recall it.

If Cursor keeps asking to approve each OctaMem tool call, allowlist them. The permissions.json and mcpAllowlist reference covers where the file lives and the wildcard syntax.