5dive MCP vs Showagent

In-depth architectural comparison of the 5dive MCP and Showagent MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose 5dive MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: task_create, task_show, task_list.

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Choose Showagent when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Searches supported local coding-agent sessions, Reads transcript context over MCP stdio, Previews transferable and dropped session state.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	5dive MCP 5dive-ai Coding Agents	Showagent Coding Agents
Summary	Manage a 5dive agent fleet from any MCP client: file tasks, message and inspect agents, and read the fleet digest. Thin adapter over the 5dive CLI.	Search, resume and convert AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Pi) over MCP.
Category & Scope	Coding Agents

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "5dive-ai-5dive-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@5dive/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "showagent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "showagent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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