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What you’ll need

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Install Cursor

To connect the Statista MCP Server with Cursor, follow these steps:
  1. Install Cursor for Mac or Windows
  2. If you don’t already have one, create an account
  3. Open Cursor

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Connect via mcp.json

Add the server by editing an MCP configuration file:
  • Project scope: .cursor/mcp.json in your project root
  • Global scope (Mac): ~/.cursor/mcp.json
  • Global scope (Windows): %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json
Mac: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "statista": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.statista.ai/v1/mcp",
        "--transport",
        "http-only",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key: ${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windows: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "statista": {
      "command": "C:\\PROGRA~1\\nodejs\\npx.cmd",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.statista.ai/v1/mcp",
        "--transport",
        "http-only",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key: ${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your provided Statista API key. On Windows, use the full path to npx.cmd as shown — plain npx often fails in desktop apps that do not inherit your system PATH.
Save the file and restart Cursor.

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Verify the connection

  1. Open a Cursor chat or Agent session
  2. Confirm statista appears under available MCP tools
  3. Ask a market research question — the model should be able to use Statista tools such as search-statistics and get-chart-data-by-id

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Troubleshooting

  • 401 authentication error: confirm the x-api-key header is set correctly
  • Connection fails: confirm Node.js 20+ is installed and try npx mcp-remote@latest
  • Windows: command not found: use C:\\PROGRA~1\\nodejs\\npx.cmd instead of npx in the JSON config
  • Server not loading: open Output (Cmd+Shift+U on Mac / Ctrl+Shift+U on Windows) → select MCP Logs from the dropdown
You’re good to go! Now you can do market research with Statista and Cursor.