Cursor

Prerequisites

• Cursor installed (download)
• A Shot API key (see Getting Started)

Configuration

Create or edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shot": {
      "url": "https://outofmemory.app/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer smc_your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace smc_your-api-key-here with your actual API key.

Verify the connection

Open Cursor in the project directory. In the AI chat, ask:

"Use Shot to search for any stored facts."

Cursor should call search_memories and return results from your Shot project.

Tips

• Restart required — After adding or modifying .cursor/mcp.json, restart Cursor for changes to take effect.
• Multiple projects — Use project-scoped API keys so each Cursor workspace only accesses its relevant memories.
• Team setup — Add .cursor/mcp.json to .gitignore if it contains API keys, or use a shared key for the team and rotate it periodically.