Consult MCP vs Pitroom
A side-by-side look at the Consult MCP and Pitroom 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 as a local process; choose Pitroom for coding agents over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Consult MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
agent, model, effort.
Choose Pitroom when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Coding Agents | Coding Agents |
| Quality signal | 61/100 · Good | 44/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 25 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Consult MCP | View Pitroom |
Tools & capabilities
Consult MCP tools 5
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.
Pitroom tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Consult MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"consult-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"consult-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}
Pitroom
{
"mcpServers": {
"pitroom": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:7117/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Consult MCP is categorized under Coding Agents and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pitroom belongs to Coding Agents and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Consult MCP for coding agents work and Pitroom for coding agents.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Consult MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. Pitroom has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add consult-mcp and pitroom as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Consult MCP has a quality signal of 61/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Pitroom has 44/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 25 GitHub stars.