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title: How to connect Cursor
canonical: "https://cloudmonitor.ai/docs/how-to/how-connect-cursor/"
description: "Generate a Cursor Admin API key, then paste it into CloudMonitor to track per-developer model mix, seat utilization, and overage spend."
---

This guide creates a Cursor **Admin API key** so CloudMonitor can read team usage and seat data from your Cursor account. Allow about 5 minutes. You need to be a Cursor team **admin** to complete it, and your team must be on the **Business** or **Enterprise** plan — the Admin API is not available on Hobby or Pro tiers.

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**Before you start**

Cursor's Admin API powers the same data that drives the Team Admin dashboard. It returns aggregated and per-developer usage; it does not return prompt or completion content.
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### Step 1 — Generate an Admin API key

Open [cursor.com → Settings](https://cursor.com/settings) and switch to the **Team** tab. Open **Admin API** and click **Create key**. Name it `CloudMonitor`. Copy the key — it's shown only once.

### Step 2 — Add the key in CloudMonitor

In the CloudMonitor Admin App, go to **Settings** → **AI providers** → **Cursor** → **Add connector**.

Paste the Admin key. Click **Verify**.

### Step 3 — Confirm the 14-day backfill

CloudMonitor pulls the most recent 14 days as proof the connector works. You should see:

- Paid seat count and current price
- Per-developer model mix — which model each developer used and how often
- Included vs overage usage, the ratio that drives true cost per developer
- Input vs output token split

If the totals match the Cursor Team Admin dashboard, click **Save**.

### Step 4 — Polling cadence

CloudMonitor polls daily. Cursor's Admin API does not currently support intraday granularity. Reports refresh the morning after each Cursor billing day closes.

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**What this connector unlocks**

- **Adoption Gap** — paid seats with no recent activity, surfaced for cancellation or reassignment.
- **Model Mix** — which developers default to premium models for tasks an entry-tier model could handle.
- **Overage spend** — usage above the per-seat included allowance, separated from the flat seat fee on every report.
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**Troubleshooting**

- **"Plan does not support Admin API"** — upgrade to a Cursor Business or Enterprise plan, or skip the Cursor connector for now.
- **Missing developers in the per-user breakdown** — only seats that have logged in at least once during the report window appear in the API response.
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## What's next

- [How to read CloudMonitor's AI cost reports](/docs/how-to/how-interpret-ai-token-cost-reports/)
- [Can I connect multiple AI providers at once?](/frequently-asked-questions/)