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Cursor supports MCP servers natively. This guide shows how to add the PagerDuty MCP Server to Cursor.

Global Configuration​

Create or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pagerduty": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["pagerduty-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY": "your-api-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project-Level Configuration​

To use different credentials per project, create .cursor/mcp.json in your project root with the same structure.

With Write Tools Enabled​

To enable state-modifying tools (create incident, manage team, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pagerduty": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["pagerduty-mcp", "--enable-write-tools"],
      "env": {
        "PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY": "your-api-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify​

After saving the config, restart Cursor. In the chat panel (Agent mode), the PagerDuty tools should be listed under available MCP tools.

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