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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 token, 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.

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Cursorauthenticated newsroom assignment dashboard

Newsroom Desk

Build an authenticated assignment desk where reporters see draft local stories, claims, source receipts, and market-specific leads on the first live load.

Built for: Regional newsroom AI lead, editor, or product engineer serving reporters across multiple local markets.

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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.

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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.

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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, editors, or business users.

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Cursorsports-to-civic story mining tool

Sports Civic Miner

Build a story-mining tool that connects official sports streams to civic, campus, venue, labor, and local business angles.

Built for: Developer building a newsroom or local-intelligence product that uses sports as a source of civic story leads.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 or editorial workflow.

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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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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
UsesMCP token, 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
Usesapi-key + secret, 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 two credentials are not interchangeable.

Add Synorb to Cursor.

1

Get your credentials

Go to synorb.com/connect. You'll get an MCP token for Cursor and an api-key + secret pair for your app backend. Keep each credential in the place it belongs.

2

Add the Synorb MCP server

This opens Cursor and pre-fills the server URL:

Add to Cursor

Then paste your MCP token 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_MCP_TOKEN" } } } }
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 api-key + secret stored as server secrets — never in frontend code. See the runnable server-side example.

Eight tools. One bills quota.

Synorb's Core MCP exposes eight tools. Only synorb-manifests bills quota — and only for returned, on-topic Manifests. Everything else is free.

synorb-profile
Account, quota, live date window. Zero quota.
synorb-stream-search
"What streams/sources do you have?" Zero quota.
synorb-catalog
Ranked stream candidates when search is thin. Zero quota.
synorb-manifests
The cited content. The only tool that bills; mode="count" is zero quota.
synorb-details
Richer metadata for specific streams. Zero quota.
synorb-configure-beacon + synorb-save-beacon + synorb-beacons + synorb-archive-beacon
Design, save, list, and archive re-runnable tracked queries. Zero quota.

Questions builders ask.

Is my Synorb token safe in a deployed app?

Yes. Use the MCP token only in Cursor's MCP config. For the shipped app, call Synorb from your backend with the REST api-key + secret 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?

Free starter credentials, no 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.

Using a different agent?

The same Synorb MCP connects to major MCP-capable coding agents — same tools, same behavior.

Free credentials. No card.

Generate a starter key, connect Cursor, and pull your first cited Manifests in minutes.