Directus MCP x Cursor: Unable to connect

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Hi everyone,

I am developing NextJS Application with Directus database. I want to connect my Cursor with Directus MCP following this guide: Mcp | Directus Docs

However, the connection keeps in red status “No tools or prompts”. I have checked my node ver is up to date also.

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Using the same structure as the guide for adding the MCP server but still hit this error. The URL and API key is the same as my NextJS env.local. so I do not think it is the problem.

I am on Directus Cloud anyway. Appreciate with any help :folded_hands: Thank you

Please share the content of your mcp.json and the MCP logs output. And just as sidenote, when testing I just realized, that Auto mode in Cursor can't use at least the directus mcp tools anymore. I don't get any error message tho, and the MCP server is showing up running in the settings, so I guess that's not what you are experiencing. It does work tho on gpt-4.1, even as free user.

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Hi Nik, thank you for your response! My content is: { "mcpServers": { "directus": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@directus/content-mcp@latest"], "env": { "DIRECTUS_URL": "MY PROJECT URL", "DIRECTUS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "MY TOKEN" } For the logs output, I also try to run terminal but it returns: > nextn@0.1.0 mcp > directus-mcp-server No prompts collection configured, skipping prompt fetching

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According to the docs, the correct env var is DIRECTUS_TOKEN instead of DIRECTUS_ACCESS_TOKEN

You can alternatively also use DIRECTUS_USER_EMAIL and DIRECTUS_USER_PASSWORD

Let me know if this was the only issue.

Hi Nik, I think the problem lies in the "args". I tried to use the "args": ["@directus/content-mcp@latest"] from the Directus docs. But my AI told me look for its in npm website, the doc shows a different "args". "args": ["directus-mcp-server"] I tried this and it works. For the link to npm website: https://www.npmjs.com/package/directus-mcp-server Thank you so much, Nik :)

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Great it's working now. Happy coding!

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