Blackbird

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have:

• Blackbird API Credentials
  • You will need either:
    • BLACKBIRD_USERNAME and BLACKBIRD_PASSWORD
    • BLACKBIRD_CLIENT_KEY and BLACKBIRD_SECRET_KEY
• Claude Desktop or Cursor
• uv
  • You can verify your uv installation by running:
    • uv --version
• Git installed (only needed if using Git installation method)
  • On macOS: brew install git
  • On Linux:
    • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install git
    • RedHat/CentOS: sudo yum install git
  • On Windows: Download Git for Windows

Blackbird MCP server installation

Configuring the Claude Desktop app

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/blackbirdai-team/blackbird-mcp-server.git
cd blackbird-mcp-server

2. Configure claude_desktop_config.json

For macOS:

# Create the config file if it doesn't exist
touch "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"

# Opens the config file in TextEdit 
open -e "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"

# Alternative method using Visual Studio Code (requires VS Code to be installed)
code "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"

For Windows:

code %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the Blackbird server configuration:

Replace <PATH-TO-REPO> with the path where you cloned the repository. Replace the *** with your actual Blackbird credentials. Note: you only need BLACKBIRD_CLIENT_KEY and BLACKBIRD_SECRET_KEY, or BLACKBIRD_USERNAME and BLACKBIRD_PASSWORD.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blackbird-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "--with",
        "backoff",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "<PATH-TO-REPO>/blackbird-mcp-server/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLACKBIRD_CLIENT_KEY": "***",
        "BLACKBIRD_SECRET_KEY": "***",
        "BLACKBIRD_USERNAME": "***",
        "BLACKBIRD_PASSWORD": "***"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuring Cursor

Note: Requires Cursor version 0.45.6 or higher

To set up the Blckbird MCP server in Cursor:

1. Open Cursor Settings
2. Navigate to Features > MCP Servers
3. Click on the "+ Add New MCP Server" button
4. Fill out mcp.json the same way as you would for Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blackbird-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "--with",
        "backoff",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "<PATH-TO-REPO>/blackbird-mcp-server/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BLACKBIRD_CLIENT_KEY": "***",
        "BLACKBIRD_SECRET_KEY": "***",
        "BLACKBIRD_USERNAME": "***",
        "BLACKBIRD_PASSWORD": "***"
      }
    }
  }
}