MCP Blast Radius vs Candor

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Blast Radius and Candor 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 MCP Blast Radius when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: aos_compliance_validate, aos_compliance_self_test, list_precedents.

Explore MCP Blast Radius Details

Choose Candor when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Per-function TypeScript effect analysis, Transitive call-graph queries, Network, filesystem, database, execution, environment, and clock effects.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP Blast Radius aos-standard Biology & Bioinformatics	Candor Biology & Bioinformatics
Summary	MCP Blast-Radius Auditor — static blast radius extraction and AOS manifest.json divergence gate (Oracle / Permitted / Prohibited). Stdio MCP (mcp-blast-radius) plus CI blocking gate (mcp-blast-radius-gate). Install: pip install mcp-blast-radius==0.2.0 · PyPI	Per-function effect analysis for agents: blast radius, what reaches the network, gate verdicts.
Category & Scope	Biology & Bioinformatics

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": {
    "aos-standard-mcp-blast-radius": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-blast-radius"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "candor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "candor-ts"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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