# nodus mcp install

> Add the Nodus MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Source: https://nodus-platform-site.pages.dev/docs/reference/cli/nodus_mcp_install/
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## nodus mcp install

Add the Nodus MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

### Synopsis

Writes the nodus server into the client’s user-level configuration file and leaves everything else in it as it was. CLIENT is claude, cursor or codex. By default the client launches `nodus mcp` (local, acts with this machine’s login); with –hosted it connects to the hosted server and signs in with your browser instead. The original file is kept beside it as FILE.nodus-backup. A different existing nodus entry is not replaced unless you pass –force.

```plaintext
nodus mcp install CLIENT [flags]
```

### Examples

```plaintext
  nodus mcp install claude
  nodus mcp install cursor --hosted
  nodus mcp install codex --dry-run
```

### Options

```plaintext
      --dry-run      Show what would change without writing
      --force        Replace a different existing nodus entry
  -h, --help         help for install
      --hosted       Connect to the hosted server instead of launching nodus mcp
      --url string   Hosted server URL (default: this context's server plus /mcp)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```plaintext
      --context string   Context from the config file to use
      --org string       Organization (selects the context for that org)
  -p, --project string   Project to work in
  -v, --verbose          Log each API request (never credentials)
```

### SEE ALSO

* [nodus mcp](https://nodus-platform-site.pages.dev/docs/reference/cli/nodus_mcp/) - Serve Nodus tools to a local MCP client over stdio