AI vs Honesty MCP
A side-by-side look at the AI and Honesty MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Honesty MCPDeveloper Tools · Local subprocess (stdio)MCP server exposing 11 honesty-SDK kits (grounding, trust, audit, corroboration) as agent tools.57GoodAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose AI for developer tools work as a local process; choose Honesty MCP for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose AI when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
HChoose Honesty MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
check_grounding, corroborate_evidence, check_payout_invariance.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | H Honesty MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner |
Tools & capabilities
AI tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Honesty MCP tools 14
check_groundingChecks citation structure in AI-generated text, sentence by sentence: uncited claims, honest placeholders, and citations whose marker is missing or whose evidence doesn't match lexically. Structural only; it does not verify that the evidence is true. The word-overlap matcher rejects some faithful p…corroborate_evidenceReports the evidence direction (supports / contradicts / mixed / none) and a graded verdict from distinct sources, not a vote count. With corroboration-kit 0.3 and later, sources count by independent origin (pages of one site count once unless you declare an `origin`). Independence is not verified,…check_payout_invarianceChecks, for the scenarios you supply, whether a ranking engine's output changes with who pays more (`runtime` mode, off unless `HONESTY_MCP_ENABLE_CODE_EXEC=1`) or whether payout identifiers appear in source text you send (`static-imports` mode, always available; it never reads files from disk). St…check_mutation_invarianceOff unless `HONESTY_MCP_ENABLE_CODE_EXEC=1` (it is not listed otherwise). Checks, for the scenarios you supply, whether a decision/score/ranking function's output depends on a variable it claims not to (protected attribute, geography, price, or anything you name). Not a formal proof for every possi…score_trust_identifiedScores an entity from known, identified contributors (reviewer accounts, raters, inspectors), shrinking thin evidence toward a prior. With no weighted evidence it returns the prior with `insufficient` confidence, not a measured score.assess_anonymous_authenticityScores unattributed/scraped sentiment on how organic it looks, with a heuristic discount for two specific patterns (source concentration, unusually uniform sentiment). It does not detect fabrication or verify independence, it is not a sentiment ranking (a strongly negative corpus scores lower than…
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.
AI
{
"mcpServers": {
"contentrain-ai": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"contentrain"
]
}
}
}
Honesty MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"honesty-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"honesty-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
AI is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. Honesty MCP belongs to Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick AI for developer tools work and Honesty MCP for developer tools.
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.
AI has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Honesty MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. 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 contentrain-ai and honesty-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, AI has a quality signal of 53/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 6 GitHub stars. Honesty MCP has 57/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.