Running cursor on windows but working with wsl

[brajeshpepedeals]

Please write a guide about how to configure this when running cursor on windows 11 and using WSL distro on it.

[kieojk]

I also can't run firecrawl MCP on WSL in windows10. Need help to setting.

[nickscamara]

Hey all, have you tried this? cmd /c "set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-api-key && npx -y firecrawl-mcp"

[brajeshpepedeals]

Hey all, have you tried this? cmd /c "set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-api-key && npx -y firecrawl-mcp"

yes, doesn't work

[Ranteck]

I also tried using nvm. I also tried using my root URL. Something like this

cmd c/ "env FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=API-KEY && C:\nvm4w\nodejs\node.exe -y C:\nvm4w\nodejs\node_modules\firecrawl-mcp\dist\index.js";

note: i tried with and without cmd, env or set, node, npx.

i always get this Client closed

[piemree]

same error. I always get "client closed" error.

[kieojk]

Cursor team said they had not yet supported over WSL or SSH fully yet. And try to get this sorted in the future. 🤦‍♂️

[ubranch]

It's not working even in Windows itself

[AxelBL]

The following smithery command is working for me on windows on cursor 0.46.11: cmd /c npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl --config "{\"fireCrawlApiKey\":\"your-api-key-here\"}"

[neko]

The following smithery command is working for me on windows on cursor 0.46.11: cmd /c npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl --config "{\"fireCrawlApiKey\":\"your-api-key-here\"}"

life saver, thank you

[NacimHarfouche]

The following smithery command is working for me on windows on cursor 0.46.11: cmd /c npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl --config "{\"fireCrawlApiKey\":\"your-api-key-here\"}"

perfect, works for me too, thx

[AxelBL]

I guess, the issue is with Cursor. When you change the termination type for the terminal to not close after exiting the service, and then using cmd /c "set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-api-key && npx -y firecrawl-mcp"

an error gets displayed hinting at an invalid json ( "}" is missing)

Smithery is using a wrapper and -- config and thus running a different code branch.

[apexbs]

The following smithery command is working for me on windows on cursor 0.46.11: cmd /c npx -y @smithery/cli@latest run @mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl --config "{\"fireCrawlApiKey\":\"your-api-key-here\"}"

hi can you give the JSON command My cursor MCP UI is not showing it directly take me to mcp.json file

[tvl83]

@apexbs same thing for me. I don't get a UI when adding an MCP server.

this should be the syntax, it's just a list in the array for each thing that is separated by a space in the command.

This does not work for me though

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": [
        "/c",
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli@latest",
        "run",
        "@mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl",
        "--config",
        "\"{\"fireCrawlApiKey\":\"your-api-key\"}\""
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

the command shows up for me in the ui but it pops up two command prompt windows (which don't close automatically) and the little light stays red.

[pedroccm]

@apexbs same thing for me. I don't get a UI when adding an MCP server.

this should be the syntax, it's just a list in the array for each thing that is separated by a space in the command.

This does not work for me though

{ "mcpServers": { "firecrawl": { "command": "cmd", "args": [ "/c", "npx", "-y", "@smithery/cli@latest", "run", "@mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl", "--config", ""{"fireCrawlApiKey":"your-api-key"}"" ], "enabled": true } } } the command shows up for me in the ui but it pops up two command prompt windows (which don't close automatically) and the little light stays red.

Same here

[kieojk]

Same for me too. I installed cursor on windows 10，and runned the terminal in WSL-2

[tvl83]

I went so far as to install ubuntu desktop in virtualbox and set up cursor and I am getting a similar result, it does not ever show up as a green icon in cursor.

[felvieira]

try to instaal via wsl

"firecrawl": { "command": "wsl", "args": [ "npx", "-y", "@smithery/cli@latest", "run", "@mendableai/mcp-server-firecrawl", "--config", ""{\"fireCrawlApiKey\":\"fc-a050743b51444dbaa07ff95801d82bda\"}"" ], "enabled": true },

to more tips: https://www.youtube.com/@felvieira_dev

[kieojk]

I solved the problem which involved figuring out how to run MCP Server on Cursor with WSL2 :

Fill in the MCP Server name as firecrawl-mcp, choose command for Type, and enter the following command: wsl env FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY /home/kk/nodejs2011/bin/npx -y firecrawl-mcp

The npx executable is located at /home/kk/nodejs2011/bin/npx, which is the path where you installed it

[VipulSoniwork]

wsl env FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY /home/kk/nodejs2011/bin/npx -y firecrawl-mcp

Could you please provide the JSON code?