How to connect Snowflake MCP with Cursor

How to integrate Snowflake 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 Snowflake account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can run a SQL query to list today's new users, cancel a long-running data import statement, show all unresolved incidents in Snowflake, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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How to integrate Snowflake 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 Snowflake account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can run a SQL query to list today's new users, cancel a long-running data import statement, show all unresolved incidents in Snowflake, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why Composio?

  • 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 Snowflake 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 Snowflake account

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

For example, ask it to:

  • "Run a SQL query to list today's new users"
  • "Cancel a long-running data import statement"
  • "Show all unresolved incidents in Snowflake"

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

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

Conclusion

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

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Cancel Statement Execution

Cancels the execution of a running SQL statement.

Check Statement Status

Retrieves the status and results of a previously submitted SQL statement using its statement handle.

Execute SQL

Execute SQL statements in Snowflake and retrieve results.

Fetch Catalog Integration

Retrieves detailed configuration and metadata for a specific catalog integration.

Get Active Scheduled Maintenances

Retrieves a list of any active scheduled maintenances currently in the In Progress or Verifying state.

Get All Scheduled Maintenances

Retrieves a list of the 50 most recent scheduled maintenances, including those in the Completed state.

Get Component Status

Retrieves the status of individual components, each listed with its current status.

Get Status Rollup

Retrieves the status rollup for the entire page, including indicators and human-readable descriptions of the blended component status.

Get Status Summary

Retrieves the current status summary from Snowflake's public status page (status.

Get Unresolved Incidents

Retrieves a list of any unresolved incidents from the Snowflake status page.

Get Upcoming Scheduled Maintenances

Retrieves upcoming scheduled maintenances from Snowflake's public status page.

Show Databases

Lists all databases for which you have access privileges.

Show Schemas

Lists all schemas for which you have access privileges.

Show Tables

Lists all tables for which you have access privileges.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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