Set up other MCP apps

Copy the setup in Bunplan, then add it where your app keeps its MCP servers.

Before you start

• The app is installed on the same Mac as Bunplan.
• You have Bunplan Plus, or the free trial.

Copy the setup

1. Open Bunplan, choose Bunplan → Settings, and click Assistants.
2. Under Access, choose Read only or Read & write. See Access and Plus.
3. Click Copy setup for other apps. Bunplan says "Setup copied".

What you copied starts with a block of settings in JSON. It lists one MCP server, named bunplan, and the path to Bunplan's server on your Mac.

Add it to your app

Most apps keep their MCP servers in a settings file or a settings screen.

• If the app has a JSON file with mcpServers in it, paste the bunplan entry into it, next to any servers already there. Cursor works this way.
• If the app has a screen for adding a server, add a local (stdio) server with these details:

Field	Value
Name	bunplan
Type	Local (stdio)
Command	The command path from the copied setup
Arguments	None

Note

Visual Studio Code keeps MCP servers in a file named mcp.json, under a key named servers rather than mcpServers. Put the bunplan entry under servers.

Then restart the app, or reload its MCP servers, and ask something like "What's on my plan today in Bunplan?".

Change or remove access

• To change what the app may do, choose another access level in Bunplan → Settings → Assistants.
• To stop it for now, choose Off.
• To remove Bunplan, delete the bunplan entry from the app's MCP settings.

Every change is listed in Bunplan → Settings → Assistants, with Undo. See Activity and Undo.

If it doesn't work

See Troubleshooting.