Covenant Guard vs ProfitPlay

In-depth architectural comparison of the Covenant Guard and ProfitPlay 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?

Choose Covenant Guard when:

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

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Choose ProfitPlay when:

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

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Covenant Guard Code Execution	ProfitPlay Code Execution
Summary	Hard spend cap, OS sandbox, and signed receipts for unattended coding agents like Claude Code.	MCP server for the live ProfitPlay BTC five-minute AI agent sandbox
Category & Scope	Code Execution	Code Execution
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": {
    "covenant-guard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "covenant-guard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "profitplay": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "profitplay"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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