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How to use Mixpanel with Cursor

You want Mixpanel inside Cursor so it can investigate a drop in event volume, diagnose funnel conversion, understand user retention, and trace an individual user journey — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Mixpanel gateway

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

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Mixpanel 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 Mixpanel 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 Mixpanel tools.

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

Try these Mixpanel prompts

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

Use a shared API key and tool permissions to limit which Mixpanel projects and read-only analytics an agent can access. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so the agent can inspect trends and cohorts without receiving broader credentials.

How to use Mixpanel with Cursor

Create your Mixpanel gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Mixpanel tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Mixpanel prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?