AgentPhone vs Carve

In-depth architectural comparison of the AgentPhone and Carve 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 AgentPhone when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Carve when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	AgentPhone Developer Tools	Carve Developer Tools
Summary	Give AI agents real phone numbers, messages, and voice calls via MCP.	Parse, lint, format, render, and migrate Carve documents through MCP.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal

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": {
    "agentphone": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agentphone-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carve": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markup-carve/carve-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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