Cursor Quickstart - Augment

Local Server
Remote Server

1. Install Auggie CLI

npm install -g @augmentcode/auggie@latest

auggie login

This will open a browser window for authentication.

3. Configure the MCP server in Cursor

Go to settings (top right)
Click on Tools & MCP on the left menu then New MCP Server

Paste this configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "augment-context-engine": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": "auggie",
      "args": ["--mcp", "--mcp-auto-workspace"],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

4. Test the integration

Prompt: "What is this project? Please use codebase retrieval tool to get the answer."

Cursor should confirm it has access to the codebase-retrieval tool.

Cursor test

See MCP Server Mode for more options.