Deploy the Glean plug-in in Cursor
Prepare your Glean environment for Cursor, then validate the plug-in with a pilot user before sharing the setup instructions with your organization.
The current Cursor setup is per user. Administrators configure and govern Glean access, but each user installs the Glean plug-in from the Cursor Marketplace.
Prerequisites
Before you begin:
- Ensure that you have Cursor version 3.8.11 or later
- Complete the Glean plug-in prerequisites
- Confirm that pilot users have a Glean account and access to the tools and Skills they need
Earlier Cursor versions prevent human-in-the-loop approval for write tools from functioning properly. Upgrade to make sure tool approvals and file edits work securely.
Prepare Glean for Cursor
- Enable the Glean OAuth authorization server.
- Configure Dynamic Client Registration. If you allow only approved applications, include Glean CLI.
- Enable the tools and Skills your users need and make them available to the intended users. See Manage Glean plug-in access and security.
Validate with a pilot user
Run the complete setup with a pilot user before rolling it out more broadly:
- In Cursor, open Cursor Settings → Marketplace.
- Search for Glean, then click Add to Cursor.
- Confirm that
/glean_runis available in Cursor chat. - Complete the Glean authentication flow when prompted.
- Ask Cursor to search for content the pilot user can access in Glean.
- Confirm that:
- The search succeeds and respects the pilot user's Glean permissions
- The expected tools and Skills are available
- Cursor asks the user for approval before a write tool runs
For current Cursor requirements and installation steps, see Glean Plugin for Cursor on the Developer Portal.
Roll out to users
Share Set up the Glean plug-in in Cursor with your users. Each user installs the plug-in and authenticates with their own Glean account.
For the standard Glean MCP remote server path, see Deploy an MCP server with MDM. MDM deployment is separate from the plug-in path.