Connect Contextli to Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

Add <https://mcp.contextli.com/mcp> as an MCP server in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code, then sign in with your Contextli email and 6-digit code. Your coding assistant can then search and read your Contextli notes, for example the bug reports or ideas you dictated.

Claude Code

1. Run this in your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http contextli <https://mcp.contextli.com/mcp>

2. Open Claude Code and type /mcp.
3. Choose contextli and sign in with your Contextli email and the 6-digit code.

Cursor

1. Open Cursor Settings, then Tools & Integrations (just Tools on the Free plan), and click New MCP Server.
2. In the mcp.json that opens, add an entry under "mcpServers" named contextli with its "url" set to the MCP URL. No client ID or secret is needed:

json { "mcpServers": { "contextli": { "url": "https://mcp.contextli.com/mcp" } } }

3. Save. Cursor connects and shows a Needs login prompt next to the server.
4. Click Needs login and finish the browser sign-in with your Contextli email and 6-digit code.

VS Code (Copilot agent mode)

1. Make sure VS Code is version 1.102 or newer with the GitHub Copilot extension signed in.
2. Open the Command Palette and run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP, then paste <https://mcp.contextli.com/mcp>.
3. Name it contextli, pick Global or Workspace, and confirm the trust prompt.
4. Complete the browser sign-in with your Contextli email and 6-digit code, then enable Contextli in the Agent mode Tools picker.

You can also find these steps in the desktop app: sidebar Pull notes in Claude > AI Integrations > Connect on the tool you use.

What you can ask

• “Find my notes about the checkout bug from this week and summarise them.”
• “Review my product ideas from the last 7 days and turn them into a triage list.”
• “Save this plan as a note and label it launch.”

The connector can read and search notes, list contexts and labels, save a new note and add labels. It never edits a note’s text or deletes anything.

Troubleshooting

• Sign-in window does not open: remove the server and add it again, then retry the sign-in.
• No notes found: make sure you signed in with the same email you use in the Contextli app.
• Still stuck? Email [email protected].

Related articles

• Use your notes in Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity
• Organize notes with labels
• Find, copy and retranscribe your notes