A side-by-side look at the Academic Research MCP and PropertyLabs MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Academic Research MCP for research work over a hosted endpoint; choose PropertyLabs for developer tools. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | P PropertyLabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Research | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 40/100 · Fair | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Academic Research MCP | View PropertyLabs |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"academic-research-mcp": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=themineworks/india-jobs-mcp"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for PropertyLabs yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.