How to Use the LA Metro MCP in Cursor

Q: What's the best way to handle trip planning between two LA Metro rail stations with Cursor?

Use the getrailtorail tool. Tell the agent, 'find the rail journey from Union Station to LAX and generate a JSON object with the steps.' It will give you code-ready output for your application.

Inject live LA Metro transit data directly into your code with Cursor to build apps with real-world bus and rail locations.

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Setup LA Metro with Cursor

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Code with Live Bus and Train Positions

Stop mocking transit data. In Cursor's agent mode, you can ask it to fetch real-time vehicle positions using `get_bus_locations` or `get_rail_vehicle_positions`. The agent won't just show you the data; it will write the code to parse it. You can ask it to generate a function that takes a route ID and returns a list of active bus coordinates. It uses the `get_bus_locations` tool to get a real response from this MCP Server, then writes the TypeScript interface and fetch logic for you.

Build Real-Time Arrival Boards in Your Editor

Need to build a component that shows upcoming arrivals? Tell the agent to 'get the next arrivals at 7th St/Metro Center station.' It calls `get_rail_arrivals` or `get_stop_predictions` and gets back actual arrival times. From there, you can have it generate the React component or Python script to display that data. You're building with live, dynamic information from the LA Metro system, not static JSON files.

Integrate Trip Planning with this MCP Server

If you're building a journey planner, use the `get_rail_to_rail` tool. Ask the agent to 'generate the code to find a rail route from North Hollywood to Downtown Santa Monica.' It will call the tool and structure the response into a step-by-step guide. You can also have it check for problems first with `get_service_alerts`. This lets you write more resilient code that can warn users about delays before they even start their trip. The entire workflow happens inside your editor.

Setup guide

Set up LA Metro MCP in Cursor

Prerequisites

Cursor installed (macOS, Windows, or Linux)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP Settings

Go to Cursor Settings → MCP or open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) and search for "MCP: Add Server".
2

Add the LA Metro MCP

Cursor will create or open .cursor/mcp.json in your project root. Paste the JSON snippet on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Enable Agent mode

Open Composer (Cmd+I / Ctrl+I) and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown at the top. MCP tools are only available in Agent mode.
4

Verify the connection

Ask Cursor something like "List my recent LA Metro transactions." If the MCP tools are loaded correctly, Cursor will call the LA Metro tools automatically. You can also check Settings → MCP for a green status indicator.

.cursor/mcp.json

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

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Common questions about LA Metro MCP in Cursor

Once the MCP server is configured, switch to agent mode. You can then prompt it to, for example, 'fetch the schedule for bus route 4 and write a Python script to display it.' It will use `get_bus_schedule` and generate the code.

Cursor can't render a map, but it can write the code for you. Ask it to 'get all bus locations using `get_bus_locations` and write the JavaScript code to plot them on a map using Leaflet.js.'

Use the `get_rail_to_rail` tool. Tell the agent, 'find the rail journey from Union Station to LAX and generate a JSON object with the steps.' It will give you code-ready output for your application.

Easy. In the agent chat, just type 'list all stops on the 720 rapid bus.' The agent will call the `get_bus_stops` tool and return a list of stop names and their IDs, which you can then use in your code.

The server only processes public LA Metro transit data like route names and vehicle coordinates. It has no access to your source code or anything on your machine. Each tool call through this MCP is handled in a dedicated, zero-trust environment on Vinkius that is destroyed after the request is complete.

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