How to connect Netlify to Cursor

1. 1. Enable Netlify in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Netlify 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 Netlify tools.

• Get Site: Retrieve detailed information about a specific Netlify site, including build settings, repository configuration, deploy settings, and domain information.
• Create Snippet: Add a JavaScript or HTML snippet to a Netlify site.
• Get Deploy: Get detailed information about a specific deploy, including its state, URL, commit information, and error details if applicable.
• Update Notification Hook: Update an existing notification hook.
• List Environment Variables: List all environment variables for a Netlify account.
• Toggle Split Test: Enable or disable a split test on a Netlify site.
• Create Notification Hook: Create a new notification hook on a Netlify site.
• Create Site: Create a new Netlify site.
• List Split Tests: List all A/B split tests for a Netlify site.
• Manage Deploy: Perform actions on a deploy: cancel a running build, lock/unlock auto-publishing, restore a previous deploy, or delete a deploy.
• Update Split Test: Update the branch traffic distribution of an existing split test.
• Purge CDN Cache: Purge cached content from Netlify's CDN for a site.
• Create Split Test: Create a new A/B split test for a Netlify site.
• List Forms: List all forms for a Netlify site.
• List Accounts: List all Netlify accounts/teams accessible by the authenticated user.
• And 23 more on the Netlify MCP server page.

• Cursor picks MCP tools automatically when they are relevant, including in Plan Mode. Name a Netlify 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 Netlify 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.