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Portable Agents: Use Your Agents from Cursor

Dexto agents are modular, composable, and portable - run them from anywhere including Cursor, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients.

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What it does​

Connect to Dexto as an MCP server to use your agents from any MCP-compatible client:

  • Run Dexto agents from Cursor
  • Use agents in Claude Desktop
  • Integrate with custom MCP clients
  • Share agents across tools and environments

How it works​

  1. Start Dexto as an MCP server:
dexto --mode mcp --agent podcast-agent
  1. Configure your MCP client (e.g., Cursor, Claude Desktop):
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dexto-podcast": {
      "command": "dexto",
      "args": ["--mode", "mcp", "--agent", "podcast-agent"]
    }
  }
}
  1. Use the agent from your MCP client just like any other tool!

Example: Podcast Agent in Cursor​

In this example, we expose the Podcast Agent as an MCP server and use it from Cursor to generate podcast intros while coding.

# Start Dexto as MCP server with podcast agent
dexto --mode mcp --agent podcast-agent

Then in Cursor, the Podcast Agent's tools become available as native MCP tools.

Benefits​

  • Portable: Same agent, multiple interfaces
  • Composable: Combine agents from different sources
  • Consistent: Agent behavior stays the same across clients
  • Reusable: Build once, use everywhere

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