Airweave Search vs Citlyze

In-depth architectural comparison of the Airweave Search and Citlyze 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 Airweave Search 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 Citlyze when:

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

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Airweave Search Developer Tools	C Citlyze Developer Tools
Summary	MCP server for searching Airweave collections with natural language queries.	Read-only access to your Citlyze workspace: AI search visibility, citations, and recommendations.
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": {
    "airweave-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "airweave-sdk"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citlyze": {
      "url": "https://www.citlyze.com"
    }
  }
}

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