Guide for Cursor

Integrate Cursor with AI Architect for more accurate, codebase-aware AI assistance.

Use Bito's AI Architect with Cursor to enhance your AI-powered coding experience.

Once connected via MCP (Model Context Protocol), Cursor can leverage AI Architect’s deep contextual understanding of your project, enabling more accurate code suggestions, explanations, and code insights.

Quick setup (recommended)

Want to get started faster? We offer an automated installer that can configure AI Architect for all your AI coding tools in just a few seconds.

The automated setup will:

• Detect all compatible AI tools installed on your system

• Configure them automatically with your credentials

• Save you time by eliminating manual configuration steps

👉 Try our Quick MCP Integration Guide for automated setup.

Manual setup

If you prefer manual configuration, follow the step-by-step instructions below.

Prerequisites

1. Follow the AI Architect installation instructions. Upon successful setup, you will receive a Bito MCP URL and Bito MCP Access Token that you need to enter in your coding agent.

2. Download BitoAIArchitectGuidelines.md file. You will need to copy/paste the content from this file later when configuring AI Architect.

   • Note: This file contains best practices, usage instructions, and prompting guidelines for the Bito AI Architect MCP server. The setup will work without this file, but including it helps AI tools interact more effectively with the Bito AI Architect MCP server.

Set up AI Architect

Follow the setup instructions for your operating system:

• Windows

• macOS/Linux

Windows

1

Create Cursor config directory

1. Press Win + R

2. Type: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor

3. Press Enter

If the folder doesn't exist, create it:

1. Open File Explorer

2. Navigate to %USERPROFILE%

3. Create new folder: .cursor

2

Create or edit mcp.json

1. Open %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json in a text editor.

2. If the file doesn't exist, create it with this content:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "BitoAIArchitect": {
      "url": "<Your-Bito-MCP-URL>",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token>",
        "x-email-id": "<Your-Email>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note:

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-URL> with the Bito MCP URL you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

  • For the Bito-hosted AI Architect, use the following URL format: https://mcp.bito.ai/<Your-Bito-Workspace-ID>/mcp

    Replace <Your-Bito-Workspace-ID> with your actual Bito workspace ID, which you can find after logging into your Bito account at alpha.bito.ai

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token> with the Bito MCP Access Token you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

• Replace <Your-Email> with your actual email address.

1. If the file exists with other servers, add BitoAIArchitect to the mcpServers object:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "existing-server": {
      ...
    },
    "BitoAIArchitect": {
      "url": "<Your-Bito-MCP-URL>",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token>",
        "x-email-id": "<Your-Email>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note:

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-URL> with the Bito MCP URL you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

  • For the Bito-hosted AI Architect, use the following URL format: https://mcp.bito.ai/<Your-Bito-Workspace-ID>/mcp

    Replace <Your-Bito-Workspace-ID> with your actual Bito workspace ID, which you can find after logging into your Bito account at alpha.bito.ai

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token> with the Bito MCP Access Token you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

• Replace <Your-Email> with your actual email address.

3

Add guidelines (optional but highly recommended)

The BitoAIArchitectGuidelines.md file contains best practices, usage instructions, and prompting guidelines for the Bito AI Architect MCP server.

The setup will work without this file, but including it helps AI tools interact more effectively with the Bito AI Architect MCP server.

1. In your project root, create .cursorrules file.

2. Open this file with a text editor.

3. Copy the contents of your BitoAIArchitectGuidelines.md file into .cursorules file.

4. Save.

4

Restart Cursor

1. Close Cursor completely

2. Reopen Cursor

3. Open Settings → Tools & MCP

4. Verify BitoAIArchitect appears in the MCP servers list

macOS/Linux

1

Create Cursor config directory

mkdir -p ~/.cursor

2

Create or edit mcp.json

nano ~/.cursor/mcp.json

Add this content:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "BitoAIArchitect": {
      "url": "<Your-Bito-MCP-URL>",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token>",
        "x-email-id": "<Your-Email>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note:

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-URL> with the Bito MCP URL you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

  • For the Bito-hosted AI Architect, use the following URL format: https://mcp.bito.ai/<Your-Bito-Workspace-ID>/mcp

    Replace <Your-Bito-Workspace-ID> with your actual Bito workspace ID, which you can find after logging into your Bito account at alpha.bito.ai

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token> with the Bito MCP Access Token you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

• Replace <Your-Email> with your actual email address.

Save and exit (Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X)

3

Add guidelines (optional but highly recommended)

The BitoAIArchitectGuidelines.md file contains best practices, usage instructions, and prompting guidelines for the Bito AI Architect MCP server.

The setup will work without this file, but including it helps AI tools interact more effectively with the Bito AI Architect MCP server.

1. In your project root, create .cursorrules file.

2. Open this file with a text editor.

3. Copy the contents of your BitoAIArchitectGuidelines.md file into .cursorules file.

4. Save.

4

Restart Cursor

1. Close Cursor completely

2. Reopen Cursor

3. Open Settings → Tools & MCP

4. Verify BitoAIArchitect appears in the MCP servers list

Troubleshooting Cursor

Server not showing:

# Verify file location
ls -la ~/.cursor/mcp.json

# Check file permissions
chmod 644 ~/.cursor/mcp.json

# Verify JSON syntax
cat ~/.cursor/mcp.json | python -m json.tool

Connection errors:

• Verify Bito MCP URL and Bito MCP Access Token are correct.

• Test endpoint with MCP protocol:

curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"initialize","params":{},"id":1}' \
  <Your-Bito-MCP-URL>

# Should return HTTP 200 with JSON response for valid credentials
# HTTP 401: Invalid Bito MCP Access Token
# HTTP 404: Invalid Bito MCP URL

Note:

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-URL> with the Bito MCP URL you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

  • For the Bito-hosted AI Architect, use the following URL format: https://mcp.bito.ai/<Your-Bito-Workspace-ID>/mcp

    Replace <Your-Bito-Workspace-ID> with your actual Bito workspace ID, which you can find after logging into your Bito account at alpha.bito.ai

• Replace <Your-Bito-MCP-Access-Token> with the Bito MCP Access Token you received after completing the AI Architect setup.

• Check Settings → Tools & MCP for error messages