A side-by-side look at the Claude Chat and Gammainfra MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Claude Chat for conversational ai work over a hosted endpoint; choose Gammainfra MCP Server for conversational ai as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
chat, chat_with_vision, chat_with_search.GAMMAINFRA_API_KEY, GAMMAINFRA_BASE_URL.model, messages, temperature.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Conversational AI | Conversational AI |
| Quality signal | 49/100 · Fair | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | GAMMAINFRA_API_KEYGAMMAINFRA_BASE_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 13 | 10 |
| Full listing | View Claude Chat | View Gammainfra MCP Server |
chatSend a message to Claude. Supports multi-turn history, a system prompt, model selection, and **extended thinking** via `thinking_budget`.chat_with_visionAnalyse an image given an image URL and a text prompt.chat_with_searchChat with live **web search** — Claude searches server-side and answers with cited sources.list_modelsList available Claude models and their IDs (cached for 5 minutes).promptThe user message to sendsystem_promptSystem prompt to set context/behaviourmessagesConversation history as a JSON array of `{role, content}` objects (roles: `user`/`assistant` only — use `system_prompt` for system instructions)modelModel ID (default: server default, `claude-opus-4-8`). Call `list_models`.temperatureSampling temperature (0.0–1.0). Ignored when `thinking_budget` is set.max_tokensMax tokens to generate (defaults to the server default)thinking_budgetEnable extended thinking with this token budget (min 1024). Reasoning is returned in a `[thinking]` block; `max_tokens` is auto-raised above the budget.image_urlURL of the image (must be `http://` or `https://`)modelgammainfra/auto` for smart routing, `gammainfra/fast`/`gammainfra/cheap` for tier shortcuts, or pin a specific model like `openai/gpt-5-mini`.messagesOpenAI-shape conversation messages.temperature0..2.max_tokensmax_completion_tokensGPT-5 family requires this instead of `max_tokens`.cost_quality0.0..1.0 continuous dial. Sent as `X-GammaInfra-Cost-Quality`.max_latency_ms60..600000. Caps total wall-clock incl. fallback retries. Also enforced client-side as a hard request abort.preferencequality`, `cost`, or `latency`.regionus`, `eu`, `apac`, or specific AWS region.include_byokDefault `false`. Also fetch the BYOK balance. Off by default to avoid an extra request — and a guaranteed 404 — for customers without BYOK enrollment.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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-chat": {
"url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-27": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@gammainfra/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GAMMAINFRA_API_KEY": "YOUR_GAMMAINFRA_API_KEY_HERE",
"GAMMAINFRA_BASE_URL": "YOUR_GAMMAINFRA_BASE_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}