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How to use Reddit with Cursor

You want Reddit inside Cursor so it can monitor a subreddit for relevant discussions, research a Reddit conversation before responding, publish an approved community update, and keep up with replies to my posts — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Reddit gateway

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

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

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

Try these Reddit prompts

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

Pair it with Contextual Access policies so an agent can read subreddit posts and rules while requiring approval before it comments, replies, or submits a post.

How to use Reddit with Cursor

Create your Reddit gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Reddit tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Reddit prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?