# Connect Cursor

Add Soontra to Cursor with an API key in its MCP settings.

This tool sends an API key with each request. Create one in Soontra under **Settings**, **API & MCP** (owners and admins only), with the scopes you want it to have. See [Authentication](https://soontra.com/docs/authentication).

## Steps

1. **Open Cursor Settings, then Tools & MCP, then New MCP Server.**

2. **Add Soontra to the file Cursor opens.**

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "soontra": {
      "url": "https://app.soontra.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

3. **Save, and check that `soontra` shows as connected in Tools & MCP.**

## Try it

Test prompt:

```
List my projects in Soontra.
```

If the app answers with your projects, it is connected. If it says a tool is not available, the connection’s [scopes](https://soontra.com/docs/scopes) do not include it.