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Cursor Kaiku local_files_setup

How to: Cursor Kaiku local_files_setup

client:Cursor transport:streamable-http tool:local_files_setup

Add Kaiku to Cursor

  1. 01

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kaiku": {
      "url": "https://mcp.kaiku.tech/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Cursor.

  2. 03

    Ask for something local_files_setup does. Cursor lists the server's tools on connect and calls local_files_setup itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Kaiku'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 24 September 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.