A side-by-side look at the Consult MCP and Owlex MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Consult MCP for coding agents work; choose Owlex for coding agents. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
agent, model, effort.COUNCIL_EXCLUDE_AGENTS, COUNCIL_DEFAULT_TEAM, COUNCIL_CLAUDE_OPINION, OWLEX_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, CODEX_BYPASS_APPROVALS, GEMINI_YOLO_MODE, OPENCODE_AGENT, OPENROUTER_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | C Consult MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Coding Agents | Coding Agents |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | — | — |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | COUNCIL_EXCLUDE_AGENTSCOUNCIL_DEFAULT_TEAMCOUNCIL_CLAUDE_OPINIONOWLEX_DEFAULT_TIMEOUTCODEX_BYPASS_APPROVALSGEMINI_YOLO_MODEOPENCODE_AGENTOPENROUTER_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 140 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 6 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Consult MCP | View Owlex |
agent`claude`, `codex`, `grok` or `agy` (Antigravity, Gemini models).modelpassed through to that CLI (`opus`, `gpt-6-astra`, `grok-4.7`, `gemini-3.1-pro-high`, …). Omit it to use the CLI's default.effort`low`, `medium` or `high`.session_idcontinues an earlier conversation with the same advisor.cwdthe directory the advisor can read. Defaults to the directory the host agent started the server in, which is normally its repo.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Consult MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
No confirmed install command for Owlex yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.