Stockfish MCP for Cursor

io.github.stepbot/stockfish-mcp

A Stockfish MCP server to allow an LLM to play chess against Stockfish

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Stockfish MCP in Cursor

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stockfish-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "stockfish-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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