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MCP Server Configuration Synchronization Rule

# MCP Server Configuration Synchronization Rule ## Purpose Synchronize MCP (Model Context Protocol) server configurations across Claude Code, VS Code, Windsurf, Cursor, and Claude Desktop application

# MCP Server Configuration Synchronization Rule

## Purpose
Synchronize MCP (Model Context Protocol) server configurations across Claude Code, VS Code, Windsurf, Cursor, and Claude Desktop applications.

## Configuration File Locations

### macOS
- **Claude Desktop**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
- **Cursor**: `~/.cursor/mcp.json`
- **Windsurf**: `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`
- **Claude Code**: `~/.claude.json` (contains more than just MCP configs)
- **VS Code (User)**: `~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json` (under `mcp.servers`)

### Windows
- **Claude Desktop**: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
- **Cursor**: `%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json`
- **Windsurf**: `%USERPROFILE%\.codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.json`
- **VS Code (User)**: `%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json` (under `mcp.servers`)

### Linux
- **Claude Desktop**: `~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
- **Cursor**: `~/.cursor/mcp.json`
- **Windsurf**: `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`
- **VS Code (User)**: `~/.config/Code/User/settings.json` (under `mcp.servers`)

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System Behavioral rules defining AI identity and persona
System Understand
Explain or analyze
Scope Global
All AI interactions
Manual Manually placed / Persistent