How to connect GitHub to Cursor

1. 1. Enable GitHub in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the GitHub MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add Metorial to your MCP config

   Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.

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   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "metorial": {
         "url": "<your-magic-mcp-url>"
       }
     }
   }

3. 3. Sign in

   Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load GitHub tools.

• Manage Issue: Create or update a GitHub issue, including issue type, lifecycle state, duplicate closure, and organization-defined issue fields.
• Create Release: Create a new release for a GitHub repository with a tag, name, release notes, and draft/pre-release options.
• List Commits: List commits on a repository branch with filtering by SHA, path, author, or date range.
• List Repositories: List repositories for the authenticated user or a specific organization.
• Review Pull Request: Create, submit, or delete pull request reviews; resolve or unresolve review threads; add line or file comments to a pending review; and reply or react to review comments.
• List Branches: List branches in a GitHub repository, optionally filtered to protected or unprotected branches.
• Manage Gist: Create, read, update, or delete GitHub Gists (code snippets).
• Manage File Content: Read, create, update, or delete a file in a GitHub repository.
• Comment on Issue: Add a comment and/or reaction to a GitHub issue or pull request.
• Get User: Retrieve a GitHub user's profile.
• List Pull Requests: List pull requests in a GitHub repository with filtering by state, head/base branch, and sorting options.
• Search GitHub: Search across GitHub for repositories, code, issues/pull requests, users, or organizations using GitHub's search syntax.
• Merge Pull Request: Merge a pull request using the specified merge method (merge commit, squash, or rebase).
• Get Repository: Retrieve detailed information about a GitHub repository including its settings, statistics, and metadata.
• Manage Labels: List, create, update, rename, or delete labels in a GitHub repository.
• And 59 more on the GitHub MCP server page.

• Cursor picks MCP tools automatically when they are relevant, including in Plan Mode. Name a GitHub tool to steer it.
• Cursor asks for approval before it uses an MCP tool by default. Click the arrow next to the tool name to check the arguments first.
• Switch the Metorial server off from Customize in the sidebar without removing it.
• Cursor shows each GitHub tool response in chat, with expandable views of the arguments and the result.

Metorial connects but tools are missing or failing

Open the Output panel (Cmd+Shift+U), choose MCP Logs, and look for authentication or connection errors.

Your company blocks the server

Enterprise admins approve remote servers in Team Settings, then MCP Configuration. Ask them to add a URL entry for your Metorial URL.

Cursor asks before every tool call

That is the default. Allowlist the Metorial tools you trust in your Run Mode settings to run them without a prompt.

Based on the Cursor MCP documentation.