Connections for Developers

Cursor IDE

1. In Settings → Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP, click “New MCP Server”
2. Add Guru's MCP to the mcp.json file and save the file and close it

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Guru": {
      "url": "https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Under Installed MCP Servers, click "Connect" next to the Guru MCP you just installed
4. Grant permissions for Cursor to access Guru via MCP

Claude Code

1. After installing Claude Code, open a terminal window to interact with Claude CLI
2. Run claude mcp add --transport http guru https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp to install Guru's MCP server
3. Run claude mcp list to view all installed MCP servers and make sure Guru MCP is included. You'll see that the MCP server still needs authentication
4. To authenticate, open Claude Code by executing claude
5. Once you're in Claude Code, type /mcp to manage your MCP servers. Navigate the the one you just created for Guru and click Enter
6. Choose Authenticate. This will open a browser window where you'll be prompted to accept the necessary permissions.

OpenAI Agent Builder

1. Open your agent in Agent Builder and click the + next to Tools, then choose MCP Server.
   • Alternatively, open your MCP node and click + Add
2. Click + Server at the top right to add a new MCP server.
3. In your terminal, base64 encode your Guru email address and API token. Do not include the curly brackets. The output here will be used in step 4.

echo -n "{email}:{api_token}" | base64

4. Fill out the following fields:

   • URL: https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp
   • Label: guru_mcp_server
   • Description: Guru MCP Server
   • Authentication: Custom headers
     • header: Authorization
     • value: Basic {output_from_step_3}
   

5. Click Connect - this will establish the connection to Guru's MCP server
6. Select the Guru tools you'd like your agent to have access to
7. Click Add

Custom MCP Client

If you’re building your own MCP-compatible app:

• Use the MCP client SDK in your language of choice
• Configure Guru’s endpoint: https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp
• Provide your credentials (OAuth or token)
• The SDK handles all protocol communication automatically