Conference Partner vs Openreview

In-depth architectural comparison of the Conference Partner and Openreview 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?

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Choose Conference Partner when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Research domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Openreview when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Research domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	C Conference Partner Research	Openreview Research
Summary	Academic conference & journal CFP deadlines, CCF/ICORE/QUALIS rankings, acceptance rates.	OpenReview MCP — ML conference submissions and reviews (API v2)
Category & Scope	Research	Research
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": {
    "conference-partner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "conference-partner"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openreview": {
      "url": "https://api.openreview.net/"
    }
  }
}

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