Type: blog
Slug: unreal-engine-mcp-cursor-setup
Title: Unreal Engine MCP Cursor Setup: Wire the Agent to UE 5.8
Room: writing — https://bernhardrieder.com/.well-known/agent-gateway/writing
Human article: https://bernhardrieder.com/blog/unreal-engine-mcp-cursor-setup
Summary: Unreal Engine MCP Cursor setup fails when All Toolsets is off, Auto Start is skipped, or Cursor opens before the editor. Here is the exact UE 5.8 plugin order, the ModelContextProtocol.GenerateClientConfig Cursor command, and a kill-switch so Spatial AI gets hands without nuking the project.

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Unreal Engine MCP Cursor setup fails when All Toolsets is off, Auto Start is skipped, or Cursor opens before the editor. Here is the exact UE 5.8 plugin order, the ModelContextProtocol.GenerateClientConfig Cursor command, and a kill-switch so Spatial AI gets hands without nuking the project.