Cursor is modern VSCode fork with built in LLM support. It’s a great way to get started with Katana. Cursor also provides a CLI tool that can be used directly in the terminal.

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MCP

The easiest way to get started with Cursor + Katana is to just load the cloned SpecialK repo into Cursor as a project. Then, add the MCP server: 
{
  "Specialk": {
    "command": "bun run",
    "args": [
      "{ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_YOUR_PROJECT}/dist-mcp/index.js"
    ],
    "env": {},
    "working_directory": null
  }
}
Once this is added to Cursor, you will have access to the toolkit in the chat UI. Here it is running an anvil chain after if first figures out another instance is running, killing it, and then booting up its own. Cursor MCP example

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CLI

To further explore the Cursor + Katana experience, install the Cursor CLI tool and run it like you would any other CLI tool like Claude Code. Ask it to write and deploy smart contracts for you, run on-chain analytics over night on anvil instances it spawns and kills repeatedly, and more.