How to connect Elasticsearch MCP with Cursor

How to integrate Elasticsearch MCP with Cursor Cursor is one of the leading AI-powered code editors. It is built to help developers write, understand, and refactor code faster with AI assistance built directly into the editor. And in this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Elasticsearch account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can search for documents with error status, create a new index named 'projects', update all records in 'users' index, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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How to integrate Elasticsearch MCP with Cursor

Cursor is one of the leading AI-powered code editors. It is built to help developers write, understand, and refactor code faster with AI assistance built directly into the editor.

And in this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Elasticsearch account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can search for documents with error status, create a new index named 'projects', update all records in 'users' index, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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  • 1,000+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Skip the work of building and maintaining integrations, Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors.
  • One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand. A remote CLI workbench lets LLMs compose these tools into workflows for complex automation.

Connect Elasticsearch to Cursor

Two ways to install — pick whichever you prefer.

1. Install with one click

Click the button below to add Composio to Cursor.

↗Install in Cursor

2. Or add manually

Add to your Cursor mcp.json

Open .cursor/mcp.json in your project root (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for global config) and add the following configuration:

bash
{
  "servers": {
    "composio": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Authorize

Restart Cursor, then click "Connect" next to Composio in MCP Tools settings.

Cursor MCP Tools settings with Connect button next to Composio

A browser window will open to authorize.

Composio authorization browser window

Connect your Elasticsearch account

Back in Cursor, ask the agent to connect to Elasticsearch or give it any Elasticsearch-related task.

For example, ask it to:

  • "Search for documents with error status"
  • "Create a new index named 'projects'"
  • "Update all records in 'users' index"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access to Elasticsearch.

That is it. Composio tools are now available in Cursor, and your Elasticsearch account is ready to use.

Conclusion

You have successfully connected Elasticsearch to Cursor using Composio Connect. Your agent can now use Elasticsearch securely without exposing credentials in prompts or local scripts.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Elasticsearch action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Get Index Schema

Tool to get the complete schema/mapping of a specific Elasticsearch index.

List Indices

Tool to list all available Elasticsearch indices.

Ping Cluster

Tool to ping the Elasticsearch cluster and check if it is running.

Query Index

Tool to query an Elasticsearch index with various filters, time ranges, and pagination support.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Elasticsearch MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Elasticsearch tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Elasticsearch and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Cursor fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Elasticsearch tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Elasticsearch scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Elasticsearch data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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