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How to use Microsoft Word with Cursor

You want Microsoft Word inside Cursor so it can create a project brief, review a Word document, append meeting notes, and verify my Word environment — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Microsoft Word gateway

The gateway is the thing Cursor connects to, and it is where you decide which Microsoft Word 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 Microsoft Word tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Microsoft Word 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 Microsoft Word 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 Microsoft Word tools.

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

Try these Word prompts

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

Use tool permissions to control whether an agent can read documents, create files, or append text. Pair it with Contextual Access policies to require approval before it changes a Word document.

How to use Microsoft Word with Cursor

Create your Microsoft Word gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Microsoft Word tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Word prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?