Live context
Read the active pane, tabs, selection, focus, layout, and context revision when the desktop window is open.
Use Explore Better with Cursor
Cursor can inspect project trees, compare folders, find duplicates, and reveal results in the live Explore Better workspace.
Connect Cursor in three steps
The desktop app creates the profile first, so credentials and authorized roots never need to appear in a public URL or copied command.
- Enable AI BridgeOpen Preferences > AI Bridge and turn on the local bridge.
- Create a profileAuthorize exact folders, choose read-only or planned writes, and copy the generated profile ID.
- Set up the clientUse the Cursor setup action. Explore Better updates %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json while preserving unrelated configuration.
What the client gains
The client sees a stable, bounded tool model rather than a general-purpose shell.
Fast discovery
Page directories, query persistent indexes, inspect metadata, read bounded text, and compute checksums.
Safe execution
Run analysis jobs or preview a file change, apply it through the transactional queue, and monitor or undo the result.
A good first test
Open a folder in Explore Better, select a few files, then ask the client to inspect the current context and identify the largest selected item without modifying anything.
Use Explore Better's get_context tool. Inspect the visible selection. Return the largest item and explain which structured fields support the answer. Do not modify any files.