What is the key difference between Awesome Agent Skills and Fortress?

Awesome Agent Skills belongs to the Cloud Platforms category with local stdio execution, while Fortress belongs to the Cloud Platforms category with local stdio execution.

How do I install Awesome Agent Skills or Fortress in Claude Desktop or Cursor?

Copy the mcpServers JSON configuration snippet provided on this page into your claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json file and restart your AI client.

Are Awesome Agent Skills and Fortress free or paid?

Awesome Agent Skills operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required). Fortress operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required).

Which MCP server has more tools and community activity?

Awesome Agent Skills lists 4 tools with 0 views and 25 GitHub stars. Fortress lists 0 tools with 0 views and 481 GitHub stars.

Can I use both Awesome Agent Skills and Fortress together in the same MCP host?

Yes! MCP hosts like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code support configuring multiple servers under the mcpServers object simultaneously.

Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison

Awesome Agent Skills vs Fortress

In-depth architectural comparison of the Awesome Agent Skills and Fortress 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.

At a Glance & Executive Verdict

Awesome Agent Skills

Cloud Platforms · Local stdio

Quality: 51/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required

Fortress

Cloud Platforms · Local stdio

Quality: 48/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required

Verdict Summary: Choose Awesome Agent Skills if you need specialized Cloud Platforms tools running via a local process. Choose Fortress if your workspace requires Cloud Platforms integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Awesome Agent Skills when:

You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Primary tools included: list_skills, get_skill, invoke_skill.

Explore Awesome Agent Skills Details

Choose Fortress when:

You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Fortress Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	A Awesome Agent Skills Cloud Platforms	F Fortress Cloud Platforms
Summary	MCP server with 100+ AI agent skills from Anthropic, Vercel, Trail of Bits, Hugging Face & more.	Stealth browser for AI agents: fetch pages behind Cloudflare/DataDome/CAPTCHA, extract clean data.
Category & Scope	Cloud Platforms	Cloud Platforms
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Awesome Agent Skills Tools (4)

list_skills

List all available skills with optional filtering.

get_skill

Get detailed information about a specific skill.

invoke_skill

Invoke a skill with optional parameters.

refresh_skills

Manually trigger a skills refresh from the repository.

Fortress Tools (0)

No explicit tool names declared in metadata yet. Check project README on main listing page.

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).

Awesome Agent Skills Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awesome-agent-skills": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "awesome-agent-skills-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Fortress Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fortress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tilion-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Frequently Asked Questions

Awesome Agent Skills is categorized under Cloud Platforms and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Fortress belongs to Cloud Platforms using local stdio subprocess. Select Awesome Agent Skills when you need capabilities focused on cloud platforms and Fortress when you require tools for cloud platforms.

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