AXF vs Cursor Delegate
A side-by-side look at the AXF and Cursor Delegate MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose AXF for coding agents work as a local process; choose Cursor Delegate for coding agents as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose AXF when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
AXF_PROJECT_ROOT, AXF_EXECUTION_ROOT.
Choose Cursor Delegate when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
delegate, cancel, doctor.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Coding Agents | Coding Agents |
| Quality signal | 40/100 · Fair | 61/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | AXF_PROJECT_ROOTAXF_EXECUTION_ROOT | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 9 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 3 |
| Full listing | View AXF | View Cursor Delegate |
Tools & capabilities
AXF tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Cursor Delegate tools 3
delegateDelegate a coding task to cursor-agent over ACP. Never shell out to cursor-agent — use this tool only. Auto-approves every permission the agent requests, in any mode and anywhere on disk. Clarifying questions arrive as prose in result — resume with resumeSessionId to answer. Keep model (composer-2.5), fast and effort at their defaults unless the user explicitly asks. See the delegate skill.cancelBest-effort cancel of an in-flight delegation by sessionId. session/cancel is advisory — the agent may finish the turn anyway, and the delegate result then carries cancelRequested. Status: cancelled, killed (agent process observed to exit), not-running (turn already ended, still resumable), not-found (id not in this process's recent session history).doctorSetup diagnostics: plugin version, MCP client capabilities, cursor-agent launcher resolution. Run when delegation fails or agent.found is false.
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.
AXF
{
"mcpServers": {
"axf-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"launch"
],
"env": {
"AXF_PROJECT_ROOT": "YOUR_AXF_PROJECT_ROOT_HERE",
"AXF_EXECUTION_ROOT": "YOUR_AXF_EXECUTION_ROOT_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Cursor Delegate
{
"mcpServers": {
"cursor-delegate": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cursor-delegate-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
AXF is categorized under Coding Agents and uses a local stdio subprocess. Cursor Delegate belongs to Coding Agents and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick AXF for coding agents work and Cursor Delegate 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.
AXF has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Cursor Delegate 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 axf-2 and cursor-delegate as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, AXF has a quality signal of 40/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Cursor Delegate has 61/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 9 GitHub stars.