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Onboarding: Cursor

Add persistent memory to Cursor's AI agent. Your coding assistant will recall past context, project conventions, and debugging patterns across sessions.

Best path: Gateway (change one URL) Time: 2 minutes Reliability: ~99%

Step 1: Get an API key

Sign up at dashboard.hippocortex.dev. Copy your API key (hx_live_...).

Step 2: Configure the Gateway

In Cursor settings, set the API base URL to route through the Hippocortex Gateway:

  1. Open Cursor Settings → Models
  2. Set the base URL to https://api.hippocortex.dev/v1
  3. Set the API key to hx_live_...
  4. Add a custom header: X-LLM-API-Key: sk-... (your OpenAI or Anthropic key)

Or if you use Cursor's underlying OpenAI SDK via environment variables:

export OPENAI_BASE_URL="https://api.hippocortex.dev/v1"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="hx_live_..."

Step 3: Use Cursor normally

Every AI request now passes through the Gateway. Memory is automatic:

  • Past conversations and code context are captured
  • Relevant experience is injected into every new request
  • Project conventions, debugging patterns, and solutions persist across sessions

The Gateway runs the full pipeline: capture, synthesize (semantic search, graph retrieval, collective brain), learn, and vault — all automatically.

Step 4: Verify

After a few sessions, check dashboard.hippocortex.dev to see captured events and compiled artifacts.