Cursor Canopy documentation explain_capability
How to: Cursor Canopy documentation explain_capability
Add Canopy documentation to Cursor
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Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"docs": {
"url": "https://canopy-io.com/mcp"
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Cursor.
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Ask for something explain_capability does. Cursor lists the server's tools on connect and calls explain_capability itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Canopy documentation's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 11 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.