MCP/Cursor

Use AppTide in Cursor

Connect the AppTide MCP server to Cursor so you can pull app records, keyword snapshots, and competitor sets into your editor context without leaving the coding workflow.

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Config

Create `.cursor/mcp.json`

The config reads your API key from the environment variable APPTIDE_API_KEY so the key is never committed to the repository.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apptide": {
      "url": "https://apptide.xyz/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:APPTIDE_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Setup

Five steps to connect

Get an API key

Export the key in your shell profile

Add export APPTIDE_API_KEY=atd_live_your_key to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc, then run source ~/.zshrc. The config uses ${env:APPTIDE_API_KEY} so the key never sits in a committed file.

Create .cursor/mcp.json in your workspace root

Paste the JSON block above into .cursor/mcp.json. You can also copy it from the AppTide dashboard under Developer center → MCP setup.

Open Cursor Settings → MCP

Go to Cursor Settings → Features → MCP. The apptide server should appear in the list. Enable it.

Verify tools are loaded

Open a Cursor Agent session and type "list my applications". If the AppTide tools are available, setup is complete.

Available tools

What Cursor can call

list_applications

import_application

list_keywords

inspect_keyword

track_keywords

refresh_keywords

list_competitors

discover_competitors

refresh_application_metadata

list_crawl_jobs

get_account_usage

create_competitor

Example prompts

Things to try first

“List my tracked apps and show keyword counts for each.”

“What are the top competitors for my app com.example.myapp?”

“Inspect "productivity app" and show me the difficulty score.”

“Refresh keywords for my app and show me any rank changes.”

Other clients

The same AppTide MCP server works across all major AI development tools.

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