A side-by-side look at the AISkills402 and Tollbooth X402 MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose AISkills402 for finance & fintech work; choose Tollbooth X402 for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
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Choose AISkills402 when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Tollbooth X402 tools 4
tollbooth_catalog
tollbooth_preview
tollbooth_verify_hash
tollbooth_how_to_pay
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
AISkills402
No confirmed install command for AISkills402 yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
AISkills402 is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Tollbooth X402 belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick AISkills402 for finance & fintech work and Tollbooth X402 for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. AISkills402 has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
AISkills402 has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Tollbooth X402 is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add aiskills402 and tollbooth-x402 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, AISkills402 has a quality signal of 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Tollbooth X402 has 52/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.