Build your backend in

Cursor writes XanoScript right in your editor, with completions and validation from Xano. Xano turns it into a production-ready backend - database, APIs, and hosting included.

Build with Cursor + Xano

One-click setup

Install the Xano Developer MCP in Cursor with one click, globally or per project. Your schemas, endpoints, and XanoScript rules are in context from the first prompt.

XanoScript in your editor

The XanoScript Language Server brings completions, syntax highlighting, and inline checks to Cursor, so you can read and edit every line the agent writes.

Reviewed before it ships

Push changes to a sandbox with the Xano CLI, review what got built in Xano, and promote to production only when they’re right.

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How to build backends
in Cursor

  1. 1

    Install in one click.

    Add the Developer MCP to Cursor and the XanoScript extension, then pull your workspace into your project with the Xano CLI.

  2. 2

    Chat, edit, and validate.

    Ask Cursor’s agent for tables, endpoints, or workflows. It writes XanoScript in your project files, and the Developer MCP and language server catch mistakes before you push.

  3. 3

    Push and promote.

    Push to a sandbox with the CLI, review the changes in Canvas View, then promote them to your live workspace.

Terminal running npm install -g @xano/developer-mcp and npm install -g @xano/cliA Xano Function Stack in Canvas View beside the same endpoint in XanoScript
1

Install in one click.

Add the Developer MCP to Cursor and the XanoScript extension, then pull your workspace into your project with the Xano CLI.

2

Chat, edit, and validate.

Ask Cursor’s agent for tables, endpoints, or workflows. It writes XanoScript in your project files, and the Developer MCP and language server catch mistakes before you push.

3

Push and promote.

Push to a sandbox with the CLI, review the changes in Canvas View, then promote them to your live workspace.

Set up the Developer MCP in Cursor  

Install the XanoScript Language Server  

Get the Developer MCP from the Xano GitHub repo  

Everything Cursor needs to build production backends

Logic in Canvas View

Build and inspect every workflow in Canvas View - transparent, auditable, human-readable.

Managed Postgres

Production-ready PostgreSQL with triggers, relationships, and direct access. No migrations, no DevOps.

API builder

Instant REST APIs with auth, rate limiting, and custom logic. Ready to connect to any frontend or service.

AI-assisted building

Describe your backend. AI builds schemas, APIs, auth, and logic - governed from the start.

Developer MCP + CLI

Build from any IDE or agent. Programmatic access with full governance intact.

Observability & monitoring

Request tracing, performance dashboards, and audit logs across every system.

Environment management

Branch, test, and promote. Git-based versioning so nothing untested reaches production.

RBAC & compliance

HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, and ISO compliance with fine-grained access control. Built in from day one.

Write it in Cursor.
Run it on Xano.

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Frequently asked questions

Use the one-click install in the Cursor setup guide, or add the Xano server (npx -y @xano/developer-mcp) to ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project or .cursor/mcp.json for just one. Restart Cursor, then ask it which version of the Xano Developer MCP is installed to confirm the connection.

Yes. Pull the workspace into your project with the Xano CLI and Cursor sees your existing schemas, endpoints, and logic as files it can read and edit. Start by asking it to extend what you’ve already built.

It’s strongly recommended. The XanoScript Language Server is on Open VSX, the marketplace Cursor installs from, so it installs in a click. It adds completions, syntax highlighting, and inline errors, which makes the code Cursor writes much easier to review and edit by hand.

Cursor validates its XanoScript with the Developer MCP and the language server, and fixes what they flag before you push. After that, changes go to a sandbox first, so you test them against production-grade infrastructure and review them in Xano before anything goes live.

Yes. The Developer MCP works with any tool that supports MCP, including Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, and VS Code with GitHub Copilot. Teams also build on Xano in the Xano editor or in XanoScript by hand - no AI required.

Yes. Cursor writes the logic, but Xano provides the infrastructure - scalable Postgres, auth, background jobs, and automatic deployment. AI-generated code runs on the same production-grade stack as everything else on Xano, so scaling is handled at the platform level.

Edit it. The XanoScript lives in your project, so you can change it in Cursor like any other code, or open it in Canvas View. Everything stays visible, editable, and portable.

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