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Synorb for Cursor.

Give what you build in Cursor live, source-grounded intelligence — real, cited, dated events and claims. Add the Synorb MCP server with a deeplink and token, then start from prompts that match the live REST shape.

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Three things to build with Cursor and Synorb.

Each is a complete, deployable product: click in, answer a few plain-English questions, and get a working app with live, cited Synorb data — sources one click away.

DepWatch

A cited dependency & AI-ecosystem watchdog that lives in your IDE and your CI - every breaking change comes with a real source link.

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Ground Truth

A deployed internal analyst dashboard where every economic claim is typed, evidence-graded, and one click from its real bls.gov / FRED / federalreserve.gov source.

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Congress Lens

A drop-in, source-cited federal-legislation data layer for your internal tool - bill tracker, policy-flow charts, and a per-bill view that links straight to Congress.gov, wired to live data in one prompt.

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More Cursor guides Company monitor Content feed API News website Next.js research dashboard Policy monitor Research dashboard
What you'll set up

Connect in Cursor. Serve from your backend.

Use Synorb in Cursor to design with live examples. When your app is published, your frontend calls a backend route that keeps Synorb secrets off the page.

While you build in Cursor
Synorb MCP server
Connects tomcp.synorb.com/mcp
UsesMCP token, saved in your Cursor config
Helps youFind streams, inspect cited examples, and guide the implementation
When your app runs
Synorb REST through your backend
Connects toapi.synorb.com
Usesapi-key + secret, stored as server secrets
Helps youServe fresh, cited results without exposing credentials

Keep secrets server-sideNever put a Synorb credential in client-side code. The browser calls your backend; your backend calls Synorb. The two credentials are not interchangeable.

Connect

Add Synorb to Cursor.

1

Get your credentials

Go to synorb.com/connect. You'll get an MCP token for Cursor and an api-key + secret pair for your app backend. Keep each credential in the place it belongs.

2

Add the Synorb MCP server

This opens Cursor and pre-fills the server URL:

Add to Cursor

Then paste your MCP token as the Authorization: Bearer header in Cursor Settings → MCP. Prefer manual? Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "synorb": { "url": "https://mcp.synorb.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SYNORB_MCP_TOKEN" } } } }
3

Test with a free call

Ask your agent to run this. synorb-profile is zero-quota — it never bills.

Call synorb-profile and tell me my account name, current quota, and available date window.
4

Serve it from a backend

Your app should call Synorb from a backend (server-side function or server route) with the api-key + secret stored as server secrets — never in frontend code. See the runnable server-side example.

Tools

Eight tools. One bills quota.

Synorb's Core MCP exposes eight tools. Only synorb-manifests bills quota — and only for returned, on-topic Manifests. Everything else is free.

synorb-profile
Account, quota, live date window. Zero quota.
synorb-stream-search
"What streams/sources do you have?" Zero quota.
synorb-catalog
Ranked stream candidates when search is thin. Zero quota.
synorb-manifests
The cited content. The only tool that bills; mode="count" is zero quota.
synorb-details
Richer metadata for specific streams. Zero quota.
synorb-configure-beacon + synorb-save-beacon + synorb-beacons + synorb-archive-beacon
Design, save, list, and archive re-runnable tracked queries. Zero quota.
FAQ

Questions builders ask.

Is my Synorb token safe in a deployed app?

Yes. Use the MCP token only in Cursor's MCP config. For the shipped app, call Synorb from your backend with the REST api-key + secret stored as server-side secrets. Never put any Synorb credential in frontend code.

Do I need to know MCP details?

No. You add the Synorb MCP server to your agent once (steps above), then copy a build prompt into the chat. The agent handles the tool calls.

What does Synorb return?

Manifests: structured units with a Brief (narrative summary), a Signal (atomic claims), nested source metadata, stable IDs, and citations with real source URLs.

How much does it cost?

Free starter credentials, no card. Only synorb-manifests consumes quota, and only for returned on-topic Manifests; synorb-profile, synorb-stream-search, synorb-catalog, synorb-details, and the Beacon tools are zero quota. Quota resets monthly.

When should I still use web search?

Use Synorb first for structured, source-grounded intelligence. Fall back to web search only for genuine gaps: ultra-fresh items, very narrow local news, or topics outside Synorb's tracked scope.

One MCP, many on-ramps

Using a different agent?

The same Synorb MCP connects to major MCP-capable coding agents — same tools, same behavior.

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Free credentials. No card.

Generate a starter key, connect Cursor, and pull your first cited Manifests in minutes.

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