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.
So far, I've got:
1. A book to-read list on my kindle (I download samples for later reading)
2. A blog post to-read list in Feedly
3. An online article to-read list in Pocket
4. A real-life things to-do app on my phone
5. A "maker" things to list in Asana
6. A tweets to-read list Twitter bookmarks
There's got to be a better way, surely?
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've recently started expanding my usage of Cursor to let it run commands, tests, etc and fix it's own issues. Here's my experience.
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