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If you’re coming from Cursor, you can bring your MCP servers and custom rules into Conductor. Here’s how each piece maps over.

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MCP servers

Cursor stores MCP config in ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) and .cursor/mcp.json (project-level). Conductor uses Claude Code’s MCP config.

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Global MCP servers

Copy your servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json into ~/.claude.json: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
The format is the same — just copy the mcpServers object into ~/.claude.json.

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Project-level MCP servers

Copy from .cursor/mcp.json to .mcp.json in your project root: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-project-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["./tools/mcp-server.js"]
    }
  }
}
You can also add MCPs from inside Conductor — see MCP docs for more.

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Custom rules and instructions

Cursor uses .cursorrules or .cursor/rules/*.mdc files for custom instructions. In Conductor, the equivalent is CLAUDE.md.

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.cursorrules

Copy the contents of your .cursorrules file into a CLAUDE.md file at the root of your project: 
cp .cursorrules CLAUDE.md

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.cursor/rules/*.mdc

.mdc files have YAML frontmatter that you’ll want to strip. Copy just the markdown body into CLAUDE.md: 
for f in .cursor/rules/*.mdc; do
  echo "" >> CLAUDE.md
  # Strip frontmatter (content between --- markers)
  sed '1{/^---$/!q;};1,/^---$/d' "$f" >> CLAUDE.md
done

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Global instructions

Cursor’s global AI rules map to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, which applies to all projects: 
# Create global instructions
mkdir -p ~/.claude
echo "Your global instructions here" > ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md

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Migration script

We’ve published a script that automates all of the above. It handles global and project-level MCP servers, .cursorrules, and .mdc rule files. 
curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cbh123/4187d4c6774a557b26ed6bcf054f42e2/raw/migrate-cursor-to-conductor.sh | bash
Or to preview what it would do without making changes: 
curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cbh123/4187d4c6774a557b26ed6bcf054f42e2/raw/migrate-cursor-to-conductor.sh -o migrate.sh
chmod +x migrate.sh
./migrate.sh --dry-run
The script won’t overwrite existing MCP servers or CLAUDE.md content — it only appends.

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Quick reference

CursorConductor
~/.cursor/mcp.json~/.claude.json
.cursor/mcp.json.mcp.json
.cursorrulesCLAUDE.md
.cursor/rules/*.mdcCLAUDE.md
Global AI rules~/.claude/CLAUDE.md