# Making Cursor Smarter with an MCP Server For Nx Monorepos

DevFeed: [Making Cursor Smarter with an MCP Server For Nx Monorepos](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/making-cursor-smarter-with-an-mcp-server-for-nx-monorepos-21435.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nx.dev/blog/nx-made-cursor-smarter>)

Author: Juri Strumpflohner

Published: 2025-03-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [monorepo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monorepo.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [developer tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tooling.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-assistants](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-assistants.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [development-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development-tools.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [monorepo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monorepo.md>), [nx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nx.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how Nx exposes an MCP server through its Nx Language Server and Nx Console so Cursor can access metadata about monorepo structure, project relationships, and available tools. It describes MCP as a standardized interface that helps AI assistants understand and interact with development environments.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Nx enhances Cursor IDE with a dedicated MCP server, providing AI assistants with rich monorepo metadata for smarter code assistance.