Capturing strategy in Cursor

Most users capture strategy in Claude.ai — browser-based facilitation is the standard path. Cursor capture exists for users in pure terminal workflows who can't or won't use a browser during facilitation.

If that's you, this page covers how to do it.

Prerequisites

Cursor installed.
A signed-in AlienMonster account.
The MCP server registered with Cursor. Run the CLI:

$ npx alienmonster login
$ npx alienmonster connect

At the prompt, pick Cursor (or both Cursor and Claude Code). connect writes to ~/.cursor/mcp.json and registers AlienMonster.

Start a session

In any Cursor chat, tell the agent what you want:

Run a brainstorm session. I want to think through our onboarding flow.

Cursor invokes AlienMonster's MCP tools (start_brainstorm_session, get_conversation_guide). The Facilitator's first question appears in the chat; you respond and the conversation continues.

Compared with Claude Code

Same Facilitator, same tools, same primitives. Cursor's chat UI wraps the conversation slightly differently — the tool-call pills and streaming look like Cursor chat rather than Claude Code — but the content is the same.

View what got captured

Captured primitives appear in the web UI under the project's repo browser. See Viewing your strategy.

Last verified: 2026-04-24