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Project Brain for Cursor

io.github.gentleelephant/project-brain

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client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Project Brain in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "project-brain": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/gentleelephant/project-brain:v2.0.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST": "<PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST>",
        "PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR": "<PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR>",
        "PB_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<PB_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "PB_FETCH_TTL": "<PB_FETCH_TTL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

Project Brain in other clients

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