Cursor

Setup

Manual Configuration

Add to your project's .cursor/mcp.json (or global ~/.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parallel": {
      "url": "https://mcp.parallel.so/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

When you first use an MCP tool, Cursor will open your browser to authorize the connection via OAuth.

Using API Key (Alternative)

If you prefer not to use OAuth:

1. Create an API key in Parallel → Settings → API Keys
2. Set the environment variable:

export PARALLEL_API_KEY="ak_your_key_here"

3. Configure MCP with the header:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parallel": {
      "url": "https://mcp.parallel.so/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:PARALLEL_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Once connected, you can ask Cursor to interact with your tasks naturally:

• "Show me my tasks for today"
• "Create a task to fix the login bug with priority 1"
• "Mark ENG-42 as done"
• "What tasks are blocking the release?"