Codesurface vs Contraption Company MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Codesurface and Contraption Company MCP 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 Codesurface 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: search, get_signature, get_class.

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Choose Contraption Company MCP 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).
• You have access to required keys: CHROMA_QUERY_COLLECTION, POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS.
• Primary tools included: id, list_posts, search.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Codesurface Developer Tools	Contraption Company MCP Developer Tools
Summary	Indexes your codebase's public API and serves it via compact MCP tool responses.	An MCP server that provides [describe what your server does]
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal

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": {
    "codesurface": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "codesurface"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-50": {
      "url": "https://mcp.contraption.co"
    }
  }
}

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