Set up Cursor

Connect Cursor to ScienceToStartup using the remote MCP endpoint. Research context flows directly into your coding workflow -- search papers, inspect signals, and run workspace actions from the editor.

Project-level config

Cursor reads MCP config from .cursor/mcp.json in your project root. This keeps the integration scoped to the project rather than global.

Get your API key

Create a developer key at /developers/keys. You will use this key as a Bearer token for all MCP requests.

Configure Cursor

Create or edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project root. Add the ScienceToStartup remote MCP server entry with your key.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sciencetostartup": {
      "url": "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify the connection

Reload Cursor to pick up the config. Open the MCP panel to confirm the ScienceToStartup server is connected and tools are listed.

# Verify the endpoint responds:
curl -X POST https://sciencetostartup.com/api/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":1}'

Try it

Ask Cursor to search for papers or inspect a research topic. The MCP tools give Cursor direct access to the same proof and workspace surfaces used across the platform.

# In Cursor chat, ask:
"Use ScienceToStartup to find papers on neural architecture search"

# Cursor will call search_papers via MCP and return results
# inline in your coding context.