How to connect RunPod MCP with Cursor

How to integrate RunPod 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 RunPod account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can launch a new GPU pod for inference, get status of all active pods, stop a running pod with ID 12345, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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How to integrate RunPod 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 RunPod account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can launch a new GPU pod for inference, get status of all active pods, stop a running pod with ID 12345, 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 RunPod 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 RunPod account

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

For example, ask it to:

  • "Launch a new GPU pod for inference"
  • "Get status of all active pods"
  • "Stop a running pod with ID 12345"

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

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

Conclusion

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

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create RunPod Cluster

Tool to create a new GPU cluster for multi-node distributed computing workloads on RunPod.

Create Secret

Tool to create a new secure secret in RunPod for credential management.

Delete Container Registry Authentication

Tool to delete container registry authentication from RunPod.

Delete Template

Tool to remove a RunPod template via GraphQL mutation.

Get GPU Types

Tool to retrieve available GPU types and their specifications, pricing, and availability from RunPod.

Get authenticated user info

Retrieve basic information about the authenticated user including ID, email, and security settings.

Get Pod Details

Retrieve details of a specific RunPod pod by its unique pod ID.

List CPU Types

Tool to retrieve available CPU types and their specifications from RunPod.

Save Serverless Endpoint

Tool to create or update a RunPod serverless endpoint with GPU configuration and scaling settings.

Save Container Registry Authentication

Tool to save container registry authentication credentials for accessing private Docker images in RunPod.

Save Template

Tool to create a new RunPod template or update an existing one with container configuration.

Update Registry Auth

Tool to update existing container registry authentication credentials in RunPod.

Update User Settings

Tool to update current user settings (e.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone RunPod MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of RunPod tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from RunPod 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 RunPod tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which RunPod 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 RunPod data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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