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How to use Apollo with Cursor

You want Apollo inside Cursor so it can build a target-account list, find decision makers at target companies, verify prospect records, and check capacity before a prospecting run — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Apollo gateway

The gateway is the thing Cursor connects to, and it is where you decide which Apollo tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your Apollo tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Apollo tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Apollo gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Heads up

Cursor does not refresh MCP OAuth tokens automatically. For a persistent connection, set Authorization to “Arcade Headers” on the gateway in the dashboard.

Open MCP settings

Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) → Open MCP Settings, then click “New MCP Server”.

Add the gateway to mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-arcade": {
      "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>"
    }
  }
}

Try it out

Ask Cursor to use one of your Apollo tools.

Full Cursor guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Apollo prompts

Cursor can now act on your Apollo account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Apollo searches can expose prospect and company data, so limit the agent to the read-only tools it needs. Pair that with Contextual Access policies to control access by context and require approval for broader searches.

How to use Apollo with Cursor

Create your Apollo gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Apollo tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Apollo prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?