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Alexandria for Cursor

io.github.the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp

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Install Alexandria in Cursor

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL": "<ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY": "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY": "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>",
        "GOVINFO_API_KEY": "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "NASA_ADS_API_KEY": "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>",
        "EUROPEANA_API_KEY": "<EUROPEANA_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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