A side-by-side look at the Atris and Shinobi MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Atris for coding agents work; choose Shinobi for coding agents over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
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Choose Atris when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Shinobi tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
Atris
No confirmed install command for Atris yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Atris is categorized under Coding Agents and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Shinobi belongs to Coding Agents and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Atris for coding agents work and Shinobi for coding agents.
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. Atris has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Atris is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Shinobi has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. 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 atris and shinobi as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Atris has a quality signal of 47/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 71 GitHub stars. Shinobi has 39/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 2 GitHub stars.