Birta

Connect Cursor

Cursor edits your site on your own computer, so it publishes from there. One link adds Birta to Cursor; nothing to install first.

  1. 1. Add Birta to Cursor in one click

    Open this link and confirm the install Cursor offers. It writes the {serverName} entry itself, so you do not type an address anywhere.

    You need Node.js 20 or newer. The package is fetched on first use, so there is nothing to install or update by hand.

  2. 2. Link did not open Cursor? Add it by hand

    In Cursor, open Settings → Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP, then click New MCP Server. Cursor opens its mcp.json file: add a {serverName} entry so it looks like this, then save:

    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "birta": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@birta/cli",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

    Prefer editing the file by hand? It lives at ~/.cursor/mcp.json (available in every project) or .cursor/mcp.json in a single project's folder. Paste the same JSON there.

  3. 3. Ask it for something, then confirm

    There is no sign-in step first. Ask Cursor to make you a site or to list your Birta projects. The first request comes back with a link (and a short code) instead of a result — open the link, sign in with the one-time code sent to your email, and confirm access.

    Then ask Cursor again — the request that was refused runs once access is confirmed. This installation stays authorized afterwards: there is no key to copy and nothing to paste back.

    Prefer to get it out of the way first? This command shows the same link and waits for your confirmation:

    npx -y @birta/cli login

  4. 4. How it works

    You never list files for Cursor. It names two folders on your computer — your project and, if the site is built, the built site — and hands them over as they are. They go into your site's draft: nothing on your live site changes, and visitors keep seeing the version you published last.

    Cursor then gives you the draft's own address. Open it, and mark what you want changed straight on the page. Tell Cursor you have left remarks, it makes the changes on your computer and hands the folders over again — the draft keeps the same address, so you just refresh the page you already have open.

    Go round as many times as you like. When it looks right, say so — Cursor publishes the draft, and only then does your site address start serving it. If a check fails, nothing is published: you are told everything that is in the way at once, and the draft stays as it was.

  5. 5. Turn it on and check

    Open Tools & MCP and make sure the {serverName} server is enabled (toggle it on if needed). Then ask Cursor to list your {productName} projects. If it can see them, the connection is ready.