Companies House vs Heard Friends

In-depth architectural comparison of the Companies House and Heard Friends 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 Companies House 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).
• You have access to required keys: COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Company and officer search, Company profiles and statutory records, Ownership, appointments and disqualification lookup.

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Choose Heard Friends 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: heard_report, heard_inbox, heard_inbox_ack.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Companies House Developer Tools	H Heard Friends Developer Tools
Summary	MCP server and CLI for the UK Companies House API. Search, filings, officers, due diligence.	Your coding agents' hours this month, your friends board, and invites you approve.
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": {
    "companies-house": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "companies-house-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY": "YOUR_COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heard-friends": {
      "url": "https://api.heard.dev/v1/mcp/agent"
    }
  }
}

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