Pinax

Cursor

Hook Pinax into Cursor's MCP support, globally or per-project.

Cursor reads MCP servers from one of two JSON files:

  • Global: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
  • Project: .cursor/mcp.json at the repo root

1. Index a docs site

pinax add stripe

2. Add the server entry

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinax": {
      "command": "pinax",
      "args": ["serve"],
    },
  },
}

A single entry covers every manifest you’ve added; pin a single docs site by adding its name to args:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stripe-docs": {
      "command": "pinax",
      "args": ["serve", "stripe"],
    },
  },
}

3. Reload Cursor

Cmd-Shift-P → “Reload Window”. Cursor picks up the new servers without a full quit.

4. Use it

Open the chat sidebar, type @, and you should see the Pinax tools auto-completed. Or just ask Cursor to “use the pinax search tool to find the Stripe API for confirming a PaymentIntent” - it’ll pick the right one.

Tips

  • Cursor’s per-project config wins over the global one, so a repo can ship a curated docs set for its contributors.
  • If a tool call hangs, pinax serve --http in a terminal lets you watch the request live in the log UI at http://localhost:8423/.
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