Synorb for Cursor.
Give what you build in Cursor live, source-grounded intelligence — real, cited, dated events and claims. Add the Synorb MCP server with a deeplink and the Synorb Key, then start from prompts that match the live REST shape.
Cursor build library
What can you build with Cursor and Synorb?
Choose a real product, watch the short build video, and copy the complete one-shot prompt. Cursor builds the product layer; Synorb supplies the current, structured, source-grounded content.
Cursorauthenticated newsroom assignment dashboard
Newsroom Desk
Build an AI assignment desk for regional newsroom product leaders: market-specific story drafts, claim packs, source receipts, and editor-ready leads on first live load.
Built for: AI product lead, newsroom transformation lead, or product engineer at a regional publisher or media company responsible for rolling out AI tools to reporters across multiple local markets.
Cursorstate policy monitoring dashboard
Data Center Watch
Build a state policy dashboard for data-center bills, executive actions, incentives, zoning fights, and grid pressure.
Built for: Policy product lead or developer building an internal monitor for state data-center legislation and executive action.
Cursorlocal election intelligence board
Election Radar
Build a local 2026 midterm radar that turns state, congressional, and economic signals into cited market-level leads.
Built for: Developer or AI product lead building a source-grounded local election issue board.
Cursorregional economy analytics dashboard
Economy Desk
Build a BLS-backed regional economy dashboard with metro charts, local explainers, and cited claim exports.
Built for: Product engineer building a regional economy dashboard for analysts, operators, or business users.
Cursorsports market intelligence tool
Sports Market Miner
Build a sports market intelligence tool that connects official team, venue, campus, labor, and local business signals.
Built for: Developer or product lead building a sports business, venue operations, campus athletics, civic technology, or regional strategy product.
Cursorrepo-aware developer automation
DepWatch
Build a repo-aware dependency, SDK, AI-model, and API-change watchdog that opens cited upgrade briefs.
Built for: Engineering lead or developer using Cursor inside a production repository.
Cursormacro analyst dashboard
Ground Truth
Build a cited economic analyst dashboard where every macro claim is typed, evidence-graded, and source-linked.
Built for: Developer or analyst building a source-grounded macro dashboard.
Cursorcompany and market intelligence monitor
Company Monitor
Build a company, competitor, vendor, or sector monitor with cited changes, saved watchlists, and workflow digests.
Built for: Developer or product lead building a private market-intelligence surface for a known watchlist.
Cursorfederal policy intelligence app
Congress Lens
Build a cited policy-intelligence app for congressional hearings, bills, agency releases, enforcement, and regulatory guidance.
Built for: Developer building a federal policy monitor for an enterprise, legal, compliance, product, or public-affairs workflow.
Cursorserver-side content feed API kit
Feed API Kit
Build a reusable backend package that exposes normalized Synorb Manifests, Briefs, Signals, claims, filters, and pagination to an existing app.
Built for: Developer adding Synorb to an existing application or internal platform.
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What you'll set up
Connect in Cursor. Serve from your backend.
Use Synorb in Cursor to design with live examples. When your app is published, your frontend calls a backend route that keeps Synorb secrets off the page.
While you build in Cursor
Synorb MCP server
Connects tomcp.synorb.com/mcp
UsesSynorb Key, saved in your Cursor config
Helps youFind streams, inspect cited examples, and guide the implementation
When your app runs
Synorb REST through your backend
Connects toapi.synorb.com
UsesSynorb Key, stored as server secrets
Helps youServe fresh, cited results without exposing credentials
Keep secrets server-sideNever put a Synorb credential in client-side code. The browser calls your backend; your backend calls Synorb. The same Synorb Key is used for both MCP and REST; keep it server-side.
Connect
Add Synorb to Cursor.
Account ladder: DEMO — 1,000 Manifests, expires 24 hours after mint → Starter — free forever, 1,000 Manifests/month, after binding an email → Paid — $10/month, 10,000 Manifests/month.
Parse only credentials.synorb_key from the Connect response and read the top-level expires_at; surface that expiry to the user. Bind the email with POST https://api.synorb.com/api/connect/bind-email using Authorization: Bearer <synorb_key>. The same key keeps working. If DEMO expires, show Synorb key expired — bind an email or mint a new demo key and document the recovery path in the generated README and environment template.
1
Get your credentials
Go to synorb.com/connect. You'll get one Synorb Key for both MCP and your app backend. Store the same value only in the platform's protected connector or server-side secret field.
2
Add the Synorb MCP server
This opens Cursor and pre-fills the server URL:
Add to Cursor
Then paste your Synorb Key as the Authorization: Bearer header in Cursor Settings → MCP. Prefer manual? Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"synorb": {
"url": "https://mcp.synorb.com/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SYNORB_KEY" }
}
}
}
3
Test with a free call
Ask your agent to run this. synorb-profile is zero-quota — it never bills.
Call synorb-profile and tell me my account name, current quota, and available date window.
4
Serve it from a backend
Your app should call Synorb from a backend (server-side function or server route) with the Synorb Key stored as server secrets — never in frontend code. See the runnable server-side example.
FAQ
Questions builders ask.
Is my Synorb Key safe in a deployed app?
Yes. Use the Synorb Key only in Cursor's MCP config. For the shipped app, call Synorb from your backend with the REST Synorb Key stored as server-side secrets. Never put any Synorb credential in frontend code.
Do I need to know MCP details?
No. You add the Synorb MCP server to your agent once (steps above), then copy a build prompt into the chat. The agent handles the tool calls.
What does Synorb return?
Manifests: structured units with a Brief (narrative summary), a Signal (atomic claims), nested source metadata, stable IDs, and citations with real source URLs.
How much does it cost?
DEMO access is available without a card. Only synorb-manifests consumes quota, and only for returned on-topic Manifests; synorb-profile, synorb-stream-search, synorb-catalog, synorb-details, and the Beacon tools are zero quota. Quota resets monthly.
When should I still use web search?
Use Synorb first for structured, source-grounded intelligence. Fall back to web search only for genuine gaps: ultra-fresh items, very narrow local news, or topics outside Synorb's tracked scope.
One MCP, many on-ramps
Using a different agent?
The same Synorb MCP connects to major MCP-capable coding agents — same tools, same behavior.
Start building
Free credentials. No card.
Mint a DEMO key, connect Cursor, and pull your first cited Manifests in minutes.