diff --git a/.cursor/environment.json b/.cursor/environment.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..488df28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cursor/environment.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "CommonwealthMP",
+  "install": "cmake -B build/server -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ && cmake --build build/server --parallel"
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e2b238..8433637 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ tools/cmp-reporter/target/
 tools/cmp-reporter/dist/
 
 
-.cursor/
+.cursor/*
+!.cursor/environment.json
 .github/instructions/
 docs/