Robrain vs Agenthelm

In-depth architectural comparison of the Robrain and Agenthelm 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 Robrain when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Freemium).
• You have access to required keys: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, PERCEPTION_API_KEY, POSTGRES_PASSWORD.
• Primary tools included: Passive capture of session turns and decisions, Structured rejected[] field for vetoed alternatives, Corpus-wide contradiction and stance drift detection.

Explore Robrain Details

Choose Agenthelm when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Versioned Project Brain storing architecture, schemas, and conventions, Brain Compiler that validates and merges knowledge proposals, Human-in-the-loop safety gates for irreversible operations.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Robrain adelinamart Knowledge & Memory	Agenthelm jayasukuv11-beep Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Self-hosted decision memory for AI coding agents. Passively captures architectural decisions with the alternatives you rejected (structured rejected[]), then warns the agent before it re-proposes a rejected approach. Postgres + pgvector; cross-tool across Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and Codex. Install: npx robrain up && npx robrain install.	Shared, versioned memory and governance control plane for AI coding agents. Compiler pipeline resolves architectural decision conflicts across Claude Code, Cursor, and custom agent fleets. npx -y agenthelm-mcp
Category & Scope

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": {
    "adelinamart-robrain": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "robrain"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
        "PERCEPTION_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERCEPTION_API_KEY_HERE",
        "POSTGRES_PASSWORD": "YOUR_POSTGRES_PASSWORD_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jayasukuv11-beep-agenthelm": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agenthelm-sdk"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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