Connect Cursor to Omnido (MCP)

While you code in Cursor, work turns up that has to wait: a test that is green one run and red the next, a review, a question for a colleague. Omnido is an MCP server. With one entry in Cursor, the agent adds that work to Omnido as a task.

You need an Omnido account for this. Sign in to Omnido (opens in a new tab) ; a new account is created along the way with the login code sent by email; registration is open.

1. Create the access key in Omnido

Open Settings → “Omnido in other apps” and choose “Other AI program”. Enter a name such as “Cursor · Laptop”. Under “What may it do?” leave “Read and change” selected; only with it can Cursor create tasks. Then choose “Create key”.

Omnido shows two values: the “Address” https://omnido.saschahenning.de/mcp and the header “Authorization” with Bearer omn_…. Copy the header right away: Omnido shows the key only this once.

2. Add Omnido to Cursor

Open the file ~/.cursor/mcp.json in your home folder. If it does not exist, create it. Add Omnido under mcpServers, with your key in place of the placeholder:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "omnido": {
      "url": "https://omnido.saschahenning.de/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer omn_YOUR_ACCESS_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

If other servers are already listed, add only the "omnido" block. Use the file in your home folder, not .cursor/mcp.json inside a project: the project file easily ends up in a repository, and the key is a password.

3. Check the connection

Open Cursor’s MCP settings (“Tools & MCP”, depending on the version). omnido is listed there, switched on, with its tools. If it is missing, restart Cursor. Errors show in the Output panel under “MCP Logs”.

4. Ask the agent for a task

Write in the chat, for example: “Create a task in Omnido: check the retry limit in the upload worker, by Friday.” The agent calls create_task, and the task is in your list at once. If you want to check each item first, ask for a capture instead: add_capture puts the text in the inbox, where you choose “Accept”.

Cursor gets the same tools as Claude Code; the list per access right is in the Claude Code guide . No tool deletes a task.

Remove access

Under Settings → “Omnido in other apps” → “Has access to Omnido”, choose “Remove” next to the key. It stops working at once. In Cursor, delete the "omnido" block from ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

Before you start

The privacy policy explains what Omnido logs when an AI program writes. If the “Other AI program” option shows “Needs a subscription” in your account, the Pricing page explains the subscription. We wrote the Cursor entry from Cursor’s MCP guide (opens in a new tab) , as of 12 November 2026.