Inkcheck vs Tactual

In-depth architectural comparison of the Inkcheck and Tactual 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 Inkcheck 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).
• Primary tools included: Ink compiler checks, Bounded branch exploration, Runtime-error reproduction paths.

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Choose Tactual 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).
• Primary tools included: NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver scoring profiles, Playwright accessibility snapshot capture, Screen-reader announcement simulation.

Explore Tactual Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Inkcheck chaoz23 Developer Tools	Tactual tactual-dev Developer Tools
Summary	CI for ink interactive-fiction stories. Compiles, exhaustively playtests every branch, and finds runtime errors (with a repro path), unreachable knots, and every distinct ending — so an agent can verify the story it wrote. Writes no prose. claude mcp add inkcheck -- npx -y inkcheck mcp	Screen-reader navigation cost analyzer. Models real AT user effort with per-profile scoring, graph-based pathfinding, and step-by-step navigation traces.
Category & Scope

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": {
    "chaoz23-inkcheck": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "inkcheck"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tactual-dev-tactual": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tactual@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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