Tambo MCP Server
Learn how to set up the Tambo MCP server in various development environments.
Tambo's MCP server provides tools for an LLM to retrieve information from our documentation about how to use Tambo. Add our MCP server to your IDE to give your coding assistant knowledge of how to use Tambo.
Quick Setup
The fastest way to add tambo MCP to Cursor is by clicking the "Add to IDE" button on our homepage and selecting your preferred IDE. For other IDEs or manual setup, follow the instructions below.
Setup Instructions
- Click the install button on the homepage, or go directly to your global MCP configuration file at
~/.cursor/mcp.json
. - Add the following configuration:
"mcpServers": {
"tambo": {
"url": "https://mcp.inkeep.com/tamboco/mcp"
},
}
- Save the file
- Restart Cursor
Claude Desktop
- Open Claude Desktop
- Go to Settings (from the Claude menu) → Developer → Edit Config
- Add the following configuration:
"mcpServers": {
"tambo": {
"url": "https://mcp.inkeep.com/tamboco/mcp"
},
}
- Save the file
- Restart Claude Desktop
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport sse tambo-server https://mcp.inkeep.com/tamboco/mcp
- Go to your global MCP configuration file at
.vscode/mcp.json
. - Add the following configuration:
"servers": {
"tambo": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.inkeep.com/tamboco/mcp"
}
}
- Save the file
- Restart VSCode
- Alternatively, run the MCP: Add Server command from the Command Palette, choose the type of MCP server to add and provide the server information. Next, select Workspace Settings to create the
.vscode/mcp.json
file in your workspace if it doesn't already exist
- Click the hammer icon (🔨) in Cascade
- Click Configure to open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Add the following configuration:
"mcpServers": {
"tambo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.inkeep.com/tamboco/mcp"]
},
}
- Save the file
- Click Refresh (🔄) in the MCP toolbar
- Open settings with
Cmd + ,
- Add the following configuration:
{
"context_servers": {
"tambo": {
"command": {
"path": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.inkeep.com/tamboco/mcp"],
"env": {}
},
"settings": {}
}
}
}
Verification
After setting up the MCP server, you can verify it's working:
- Open a new chat or file
- Try asking the AI assistant about tambo
- Check the IDE's output/console for any error messages