Codealive MCP vs My Painting Club — Painting Lessons

In-depth architectural comparison of the Codealive MCP and My Painting Club — Painting Lessons 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 Codealive MCP 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).

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Choose My Painting Club — Painting Lessons 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).
• Primary tools included: search_painting_lessons.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Codealive MCP Developer Tools	M My Painting Club — Painting Lessons Developer Tools
Summary	Semantic code search and analysis from CodeAlive for AI assistants and agents.	Search transcribed painting lessons. Results cite the exact lesson and Vimeo timestamp.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

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": {
    "codealive-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skills"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-painting-club-painting-lessons": {
      "url": "https://smithery.ai/badge/io.github.1nzpainter/painting-lessons)](https://smithery.ai/servers/io.github.1nzpainter/painting-lessons"
    }
  }
}

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