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How to Connect Nextcloud to Cursor — via MCP

Nextcloud OCS API: users, groups, file shares, app capabilities and server status on your own Nextcloud. Basic auth with an app password, the OCS-APIRequest header and format=json.

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Nextcloud OCS API: users, groups, file shares, app capabilities and server status on your own Nextcloud. Basic auth with an app password, the OCS-APIRequest header and format=json.

tools

9

Region

INTL

Category

File Storage

Authentication

Basic Auth

Required env vars

NEXTCLOUD_URLNEXTCLOUD_USERNAMENEXTCLOUD_APP_PASSWORD
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Nextcloud OCS API: users, groups, file shares, app capabilities and server status on your own Nextcloud. Basic auth with an app password, the OCS-APIRequest header and format=json.

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Nextcloud + Cursor

Nextcloud OCS API: users, groups, file shares, app capabilities and server status on your own Nextcloud. Basic auth with an app password, the OCS-APIRequest header and format=json.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

NEXTCLOUD_URL, NEXTCLOUD_USERNAME, NEXTCLOUD_APP_PASSWORD

Step 1 — Get credentials

Use an app password, never the account password.

  1. Sign in to Nextcloud and open Settings → Security → Devices & sessions.
  2. Create a new app password named e.g. AnythingMCP. Nextcloud shows it once.
  3. Set NEXTCLOUD_URL to your instance root (no trailing slash), NEXTCLOUD_USERNAME to the login name and NEXTCLOUD_APP_PASSWORD to the generated value. An app password can be revoked on its own, and it sidesteps two-factor authentication, which would otherwise break API access entirely.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
  2. Save the file and restart Cursor.
  3. Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify Nextcloud is listed and "Connected".
  4. Start chatting — all Nextcloud tools are now invokable.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
nextcloud_get_capabilitiesRead the server's capabilities: Nextcloud version, enabled apps and their feature flags
nextcloud_get_user_statusRead the status of the account the app password belongs to: quota, used space, display name, e-mail, groups and last login
nextcloud_list_usersList user ids on the instance, optionally filtered by a search fragment
nextcloud_get_userRead one user's details: display name, e-mail, quota, group memberships, last login and whether the account is enabled
nextcloud_list_groupsList the groups defined on the instance, optionally filtered by a search fragment
nextcloud_list_group_membersList the user ids in one group — who actually has access to whatever is shared with that group
nextcloud_list_sharesList shares the account owns or received, with their type, recipient, permissions, expiry and public link URL
nextcloud_get_shareRead one share by its id: exactly who it is shared with, at what permission level, and when it expires
nextcloud_create_shareCreate a share

FAQ

Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.

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