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Summer Engine MCP guide

# How to make games in Cursor with Summer Engine

Connect Cursor to the Summer Engine desktop app so Cursor can create scenes, write gameplay, run the game, and fix errors through MCP. Summer Engine is the desktop game engine; Cursor is the agent that drives it through MCP.

$ npx -y summer-engine@latest setup cursor --yes

Cursor writes the code with your subscription. Summer Engine shows the game.

01

## Summer is free for MCP use

Download the desktop engine and connect it to your agent. You are not paying Summer for the AI calls your existing subscription already covers.

02

## Open Cursor

Use the AI editor you already have. The setup command writes the MCP config and installs the Summer game-dev skills.

03

## Run a Summer game

The agent writes code. Summer Engine shows the Summer game, runs Play mode, and helps inspect errors. Export still requires the target templates and toolchains.

Install

## Connect Summer to Cursor

1. 1  
### Install Summer Engine  
Downloads the desktop engine app, about 1 GB. Skip it if Summer Engine is already installed, or if you only need assets and video for a game built in another engine.  
$ npx -y summer-engine@latest install
2. 2  
### Sign in  
Opens your browser once. The CLI and the engine share the session.  
$ npx -y summer-engine@latest login
3. 3  
### Connect Cursor  
Writes the summer-engine MCP config and installs the Summer game-dev skills.  
$ npx -y summer-engine@latest setup cursor --yes
4. 4  
### Restart and build  
Restart Cursor and enable the summer-engine MCP server if prompted.

Why this matters

## Cursor writes with your subscription. Summer Engine shows the game.

A chat agent alone can write files. With MCP, Cursor gets tools for the running game engine, so it can inspect the project, run commands, and make changes that become playable inside Summer.

Other setup guides

## Start with Cursor. Build inside Summer.

Install the desktop app for free, run the setup command, and make your first scene playable.

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