How do I get a Donately API Key?

Log in to your Donately dashboard, navigate to **Settings > API Key**, and you can retrieve your unique API Key from there. Ensure you have the necessary permissions within your organization.

Can the agent process new donations?

This integration currently focuses on listing and auditing donations, donors, and campaigns. Processing new donations with credit card details should be managed via your Donately forms or donation pages.

Does the integration show recurring donations?

Yes, you can use the list_all_donations or get_donation_details tools to identify and retrieve information for both one-time and recurring contributions.

Donately MCP Server for Cursor 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Donately
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Author: Vinkius

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Cursor is an AI-first code editor built on VS Code that integrates LLM-powered coding assistance directly into the development workflow. Its Agent mode enables autonomous multi-step coding tasks, and MCP support lets agents access external data sources and APIs during code generation.

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Classic Setup·json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "donately": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Donately MCP Server

Integrate Donately, the simplest online fundraising platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your donations and recurring contributions, track donor profiles and lifetime giving, monitor fundraising campaigns and progress, and oversee your fundraisers using natural language.

Cursor's Agent mode turns Donately into an in-editor superpower. Ask Cursor to generate code using live data from Donately and it fetches, processes, and writes. all in a single agentic loop. 10 tools appear alongside file editing and terminal access, creating a unified development environment grounded in real-time information.

What you can do

Donation Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information and payment status for all your received contributions.
Donor Intelligence — Monitor real-time donor profiles, contact details, and lifetime giving history across your organization.
Campaign Monitoring — Track fundraising campaigns, goals, and current progress metrics to ensure successful outcomes.
Contribution Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of fundraising performance and identify your most impactful contributors instantly.

The Donately MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cursor in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Donately to Cursor via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Donately MCP Server with Cursor.

Open MCP Settings

Press Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) → search "MCP Settings"

Add the server config

Paste the JSON configuration above into the mcp.json file that opens

Save the file

Cursor will automatically detect the new MCP server

Start using Donately

Open Agent mode in chat and ask: "Using Donately, help me...". 10 tools available

Why Use Cursor with the Donately MCP Server

Cursor AI Code Editor provides unique advantages when paired with Donately through the Model Context Protocol.

Agent mode turns Cursor into an autonomous coding assistant that can read files, run commands, and call MCP tools without switching context

Cursor's Composer feature can generate entire files using real-time data fetched through MCP. no copy-pasting from external dashboards

MCP tools appear alongside built-in tools like file reading and terminal access, creating a unified agentic environment

VS Code extension compatibility means your existing workflow, keybindings, and extensions all work alongside MCP tools

Donately + Cursor Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Cursor combined with the Donately MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Code generation with live data: ask Cursor to generate a security report module using live DNS and subdomain data fetched through MCP

Automated documentation: have Cursor query your API's tool schemas and generate TypeScript interfaces or OpenAPI specs automatically

Infrastructure-as-code: Cursor can fetch domain configurations and generate corresponding Terraform or CloudFormation templates

Test scaffolding: ask Cursor to pull real API responses via MCP and generate unit test fixtures from actual data

Donately MCP Tools for Cursor (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Donately to Cursor via MCP:

get_campaign_performance_summary

Retrieve a high-level summary of a specific campaigns performance

get_donately_account_metadata

Retrieve metadata and limits for your Donately account

get_donation_details

Get detailed information for a specific donation

get_donor_profile

Get full profile and giving history for a specific donor

list_active_donors

List all donors registered in your Donately organization

list_all_donations

List all donations received in your Donately account

list_fundraising_campaigns

List all fundraising campaigns configured in Donately

list_highest_lifetime_donors

Identify donors with the highest lifetime contribution totals (mock logic)

list_latest_contributions

Identify the most recently received donations

search_donations_by_email

Search for donations matching a specific donor email address

Example Prompts for Donately in Cursor

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cursor agent to start working with Donately immediately.

"List the latest donations received."

"Show me the progress for our 'Summer Relief' campaign."

"Research the donor profile for 'robert.brown@example.com'."

Troubleshooting Donately MCP Server with Cursor

Common issues when connecting Donately to Cursor through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Tools not appearing in Cursor

Ensure you are in Agent mode (not Ask mode). MCP tools only work in Agent mode.

Server shows as disconnected

Check Settings → Features → MCP and verify the server status. Try clicking the refresh button.

Donately + Cursor FAQ

Common questions about integrating Donately MCP Server with Cursor.

What is Agent mode and why does it matter for MCP?

Agent mode is Cursor's autonomous execution mode where the AI can perform multi-step tasks: reading files, editing code, running terminal commands, and calling MCP tools. Without Agent mode, Cursor operates in a simpler ask-and-answer mode that doesn't support tool calling. Always ensure you're in Agent mode when working with MCP servers.

Where does Cursor store MCP configuration?

Cursor looks for MCP server configurations in a mcp.json file. You can configure servers at the project level (.cursor/mcp.json in your project root) or globally (~/.cursor/mcp.json). Project-level configs take precedence.

Can Cursor use MCP tools in inline edits?

No. MCP tools are only available in Agent mode through the chat panel. Inline completions and Tab suggestions do not trigger MCP tool calls. This is by design. tool calls require user visibility and approval.

How do I verify MCP tools are loaded?

Open Settings → Features → MCP and look for your server name. A green indicator means the server is connected. You can also check Agent mode's available tools by clicking the tools dropdown in the chat panel.