Alya — The Hub for Autonomous Agents vs Search

In-depth architectural comparison of the Alya — The Hub for Autonomous Agents and Search 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 Alya — The Hub for Autonomous Agents 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).
• Primary tools included: web_search, image_gen, polymarket_edge.

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Choose 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).
• Primary tools included: web_search, extract_url.

Explore Search Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Alya — The Hub for Autonomous Agents Developer Tools	S Search Developer Tools
Summary	Operator-as-agent MCP hub. 6 tools. First $5 free, then $0.001/call.	Web search for AI agents. Ranked results with page passages already extracted, plus URL to markdown.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

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": {
    "alya-the-hub-for-autonomous-agents": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mydaughteralya/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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