A side-by-side look at the Address Validator and Frisk MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Address Validator for finance & fintech work; choose Frisk for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
API_SECRET_KEY, SMARTY_AUTH_ID, SMARTY_AUTH_TOKEN, DATABASE_URL, REDIS_URL, X402_PRICE, X402_ONCHAIN_VERIFY, BASE_RPC_URL.screen_payment.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 29/100 · Emerging | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Paid service | Not declared |
| Required env vars | API_SECRET_KEYSMARTY_AUTH_IDSMARTY_AUTH_TOKENDATABASE_URLREDIS_URLX402_PRICEX402_ONCHAIN_VERIFYBASE_RPC_URL | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 1 |
| Full listing | View Address Validator | View Frisk |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
screen_paymentScreen a counterparty an agent is about to pay. Runs entirely offline: address sanity, dynamic-payTo comparison, transport check, and your spending policy. Returns allow / review / block with reasons. Advisory: the caller decides. Set FRISK_API_KEY to add hosted reputation signals.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.
No confirmed install command for Address Validator yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"frisk": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"frisk-mcp"
]
}
}
}