Concord MCP vs Baton

In-depth architectural comparison of the Concord MCP and Baton 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 Concord MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents 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: CONCORD_REPO_ROOT.
• Primary tools included: Shared SQLite work-state, File and module overlap detection, Cross-harness prompts and replies.

Explore Concord MCP Details

Choose Baton when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Cross-agent session conversion, Canonical intermediate session representation, Automatic latest-session discovery.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Concord MCP Coding Agents	Baton Coding Agents
Summary	Cross-harness communication and shared work-state for AI coding agents.	Pass the baton between coding agents: convert sessions across Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex & more.
Category & Scope	Coding Agents	Coding Agents
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": {
    "concord-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.star-history.com/chart?repos=Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp&type=date&theme=dark&legend=top-left&sealed_token=PLqZk9LDZSite53TJb5bwyYask4-B5wAFxLcp3Ki_mJ3KlMtSpH09lN3ohwJuoQNs5Kwg_0zPG2DEwcRzJZvCIP1Md6vMdHjNwF_WkjuX6gd44wkwWFzqrAWgXGx2bPFEuJFRhmuWUlbRLnPOw6uW7cVJzrlcxprXCDU3_hHmUlHaFjVjQulH7EkfyuA"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baton-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kasabeh/baton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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