A side-by-side look at the Anapioficeandfire and Nypl MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Anapioficeandfire for art & culture work as a local process; choose Nypl for art & culture as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search, item.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Art & Culture | Art & Culture |
| Quality signal | 44/100 · Fair | 51/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 2 |
| Full listing | View Anapioficeandfire | View Nypl |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
searchSearch the NYPL Digital Collections collection by keyword. Returns matching items with ids (pass an id to item), titles, creators/sources, dates and links.itemFetch full details for one NYPL Digital Collections item by id — an NYPL item uuid (from search).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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"anapioficeandfire": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-anapioficeandfire"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"nypl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-nypl"
]
}
}
}