A side-by-side look at the Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) and GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) for legal work as a local process; choose GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry for legal. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
CLV_API_URL, CLV_API_KEY.verify_license.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | G GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 49/100 · Fair | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | CLV_API_URLCLV_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 1 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) | View GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry |
verify_licenseVerify a single contractor license against the official state (or city) licensing portal.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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"contractor-license-verification-tradesapi-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"contractor-license-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CLV_API_URL": "YOUR_CLV_API_URL_HERE",
"CLV_API_KEY": "YOUR_CLV_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.