Catalogapi vs Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools

In-depth architectural comparison of the Catalogapi and Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools 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 Catalogapi when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools when:

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

Explore Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Catalogapi Developer Tools	Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools Developer Tools
Summary	Check reward coverage by country, search real catalog items, and ask how CatalogAPI works.	Buddhist canon tools: search, passages, cross-canon parallels, dictionaries — all URN-cited.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
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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": {
    "catalogapi-2": {
      "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fojin-buddhist-canon-tools": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fojin-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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