Getting MCP, Cursor, and WSL playing together [Updated 25/04/2025]
For weeks I've been trying to get MCPs working in cursor on my windows laptop, where my code is running in WSL. I've cracked it, thanks to a friendly person on Reddit.
I like the AstroWind theme. I'm not using Astro. I couldn't find an easy example of using Astro for the "CMS" static pages, and Filament for the admin side of things.
So...
Find the root page of the AstroWind template (./layouts/Layout.astro").
Copy the contents
Paste into Claude with the instructions "Turn this into a laravel blade template".
Copy the code
Save it in laravel /resources/views/<same path as the Astro theme>/<same filename as the Astro component>.blade.php
Load the laravel route in your browser.
Note the page the error saying a view is missing.
Find that view in AstroWind
Go to step 2
Keep repeating until your page loads.
God bless Claude!
For weeks I've been trying to get MCPs working in cursor on my windows laptop, where my code is running in WSL. I've cracked it, thanks to a friendly person on Reddit.
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