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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/installation-guides/install-cursor.md
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### Install steps

1. Click the install button above and follow the flow, or go directly to your global MCP configuration file at `~/.cursor/mcp.json` and enter the code block below
2. In Tools & Integrations > MCP tools, click the pencil icon next to "github"
2. In Preferences → Cursor Settings → Customize → MCPs, click the "github" item, then the path to the config file below "User"
3. Replace `YOUR_GITHUB_PAT` with your actual [GitHub Personal Access Token](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
4. Save the file
5. Restart Cursor
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### Install steps

1. Click the install button above and follow the flow, or go directly to your global MCP configuration file at `~/.cursor/mcp.json` and enter the code block below
2. In Tools & Integrations > MCP tools, click the pencil icon next to "github"
2. In Preferences → Cursor Settings → Customize → MCPs, click the "github" item, then the path to the config file below "User"
3. Replace `YOUR_GITHUB_PAT` with your actual [GitHub Personal Access Token](https://github.com/settings/tokens)
4. Save the file
5. Restart Cursor
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## Verify Installation

1. Restart Cursor completely
2. Check for green dot in Settings → Tools & Integrations → MCP Tools
2. Check for green dot for the "github" item in Preferences → Cursor Settings → Customize → MCPs
3. In chat/composer, check "Available Tools"
4. Test with: "List my GitHub repositories"

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