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Arcadia MCP Server provides workarounds and additional tools for Cursor users on Windows, enhancing command execution, image analysis, database querying, and log monitoring.

Arcadia MCP Server
Workarounds and additional tools for Cursor users on Windows.
Features
-
Bash command execution
- MCP tools:
run_bash_command
,read_output
- Avoids Cursor bug: run tool attempts to use xterm bracketed paste on Windows where that isn't supported.
- Avoids Cursor bug: run tool sometimes hangs before actually starting the command.
- Avoids Cursor bug: commands sometimes execute but never return control to the model.
- Improves on Cursor by automatically paging command outputs. Paging avoids blowing out the model's context from an unexpected long command output.
- Improves on Cursor by adding mandatory timeouts to all command executions.
- MCP tools:
-
Image analysis with AI
- MCP tool:
read_image
- Uses GPT-4o to analyze and describe images, transcribe text, and answer questions about visual content
- Improves on Cursor by letting the agent autonomously read images on disk. Cursor's multimodal function requires you to manually add images as context.
- Requires an OpenAI API key in
config.jsonc
.
- MCP tool:
-
Database querying and exploration
- MCP tools:
list_database_connections
,list_database_schemas
,list_database_objects
,describe_database_object
,list_database_types
,run_sql_command
- Connect to SQL Server databases and SQLite files to explore schemas, list objects, and execute queries
- All SQL commands run in transactions that automatically roll back, ensuring no accidental data modification
- Supports both SQL Server (with Windows or SQL authentication) and SQLite databases
- Automatic output paging prevents long query results from overwhelming the model's context
- Configure SQL Server connections in
config.jsonc
under theconnections
section
- MCP tools:
-
Real-time log monitoring
logs.bat
tool for viewing active command execution logs. The logs don't appear "live" inside Cursor, so use this tool in a separate terminal window to view the logs as they happen.
Installation
Prerequisites
- Windows 10/11
- Cursor IDE
- Git for Windows (for Git Bash)
Setup Instructions
-
Download Arcadia: Download the latest
arcadia.zip
from our GitHub Releases. -
Extract: Extract
arcadia.zip
to a folder of your choice (e.g.,C:\Tools\arcadia\
) -
Configure Cursor: Follow the
INSTALLING.html
guide. -
Verify Installation: Ask the model to verify the presence of Arcadia MCP tools.