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Convert Cursor mcp.json to Claude Desktop config

Paste your Cursor mcp.json — get claude_desktop_config.json with Cursor-only fields stripped or warned about. Free, in-browser.

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What's actually different

Reverse of the most common direction. Cursor's `type: "stdio"` declaration drops cleanly (Claude Desktop infers transport from `command`/`url`). Cursor-only fields like `envFile` and the `auth` OAuth block don't exist in Claude Desktop — the converter warns on each so you know what won't apply.

Conversion gotchas

  • •Cursor's `type` field is dropped; Claude Desktop infers the transport.
  • •`envFile` (Cursor) and `auth` (Cursor OAuth) are flagged as warnings — Claude Desktop has no equivalent.
  • •Claude Desktop's MSIX install on Windows reads from a sandboxed path under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Anthropic.Claude_<id> — not %APPDATA%\Claude.

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Validate after converting

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