Summary
- New arcade connect command that logs in, creates/reuses an Arcade
Cloud gateway, and configures your MCP client in one step
- Supports 5 clients: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Amazon
Q
- Selection modes: --toolkit, --tool, --preset, --gateway, --all, or
interactive picker
- Reuses existing gateways when one already covers the requested tools
- Resolves gateway names to slugs (--gateway opencode finds slug
pascal_opencode)
- OAuth auth by default, --api-key fallback with auto-created project
key
- --slug option to set a custom gateway slug on creation
- Tool catalog cached to ~/.arcade/cache/tools.json (5min TTL, scoped to
org/project)
- Fills in the three previously placeholder configure_*_arcade()
functions
```bash
❯ uv run arcade connect cursor --toolkit x
Fetching tool catalog...
Setting up gateway for toolkits: x
Checking existing gateways...
Found existing gateway: quickstart-x (slug:
gw_3CHqdAlQXSSQ28soevSheOJvXzs)
Configuring cursor to connect to gateway: gw_3CHqdAlQXSSQ28soevSheOJvXzs
Configured Cursor with Arcade gateway 'x'
Gateway URL: https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/gw_3CHqdAlQXSSQ28soevSheOJvXzs
Config file: /Users/pascal/.cursor/mcp.json
Restart Cursor for changes to take effect.
Setup complete!
Gateway URL: https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/gw_3CHqdAlQXSSQ28soevSheOJvXzs
Auth: OAuth (handled by your MCP client)
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> [!NOTE]
> **Medium Risk**
> Adds a new end-to-end flow that performs OAuth login, calls Arcade
Engine/Coordinator APIs (gateway + API key creation), and writes MCP
client config files, so failures could affect remote resource creation
and local client configuration.
>
> **Overview**
> Adds a new `arcade connect` CLI command that logs in (if needed),
fetches/caches the user’s tool catalog, creates or reuses an Arcade
Cloud gateway (optionally with a custom `--slug`), and writes the
appropriate MCP client config to point at the gateway.
>
> Implements real Arcade Cloud gateway configuration for `claude`,
`cursor`, and `vscode` (replacing prior placeholders) and extends
support to **Windsurf** and **Amazon Q**, including optional `--api-key`
mode that auto-creates a project API key and writes it as a `Bearer`
header.
>
> Refocuses `arcade configure` on *local filesystem* servers (and nudges
remote usage to `connect`), adds toolkit config helpers, expands test
coverage for gateway/toolkit configuration and the new connect flow, and
bumps the package version to `1.14.0`.
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> <sup>Reviewed by [Cursor Bugbot](https://cursor.com/bugbot) for commit
d9357c144a8bddd05dfb39f9f922f577bdbb8bf0. Bugbot is set up for automated
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