Crawlie vs Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels
A side-by-side look at the Crawlie and Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Crawlie for marketing work over a hosted endpoint; choose Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels for marketing over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Crawlie when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
crawl_site, audit_url, audit_urls.
Choose Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
list_audiences, import_audience_sources, create_audience_from_brief.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 115 | 4 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 32 |
| Full listing | View Crawlie | View Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels |
Tools & capabilities
Crawlie tools 6
crawl_siteCrawl + audit a whole site (SEO + GEO), returns scores, issues, per-page dataaudit_urlAudit a single pageaudit_urlsAudit an explicit list of pagesexplain_issueWhy a rule matters + how to fix itlist_rulesThe full catalogue of checkslist_reportsRead saved crawl history
Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels tools 32
list_audiencesLists the authenticated user's Audiences, most recently updated first, one page at a time (limit, default 20, and offset; nextOffset continues), with Mind counts, sharing state, and links.import_audience_sourcesImports supplied UTF-8 text, Markdown, CSV and JSON research files into account-owned storage.create_audience_from_briefResearches a free-text population brief and builds a new Audience of Minds with explicit profiles and exact segment allocation.submit_audience_reviewRevise or confirm the displayed Audience review.get_audience_creation_progressReads progress and never starts or retries anything: an Audience creation by operationId, with its members’ training; or an existing Audience by audienceId, with its member training and background research, or with recalibrationId one recalibration’s status, retained result or terminal error.render_audience_reviewShows source research, distributions, proposed Minds, review, confirmation and training for one or more Audience operations.get_audience_limitsReturns the Audience size ceilings for the authenticated account before an Audience is created: the per-Audience plan cap (including any team allowance), the custom-size maximum and the per-mode ceilings.ask_audienceAsks exactly one standalone question of one existing Audience.export_audienceExports an Audience brief, or with kind "validation_report" the report of its validations (overall score calculation, every KPI, per-question answer shares, provenance), through the same renderer used by the web app.duplicate_audienceCopy an Audience with independent copies of its Minds and all they know.recalibrate_audienceChanges an existing Audience in place: it keeps its id and its Minds keep theirs, so Studies, shares and chats keep working, and no Mind is deleted.list_studiesLists the authenticated user's Studies, most recently updated first, one page at a time: limit (default 20) and offset, with nextOffset to continue.- +20 more on 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.
Crawlie
{
"mcpServers": {
"crawlie": {
"url": "https://crawlie.app/mcp"
}
}
}
Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels
{
"mcpServers": {
"minds-synthetic-market-research-panels-3": {
"url": "https://getminds.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Crawlie is categorized under Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels belongs to Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Crawlie for marketing work and Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels for marketing.
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.
Crawlie has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels 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 crawlie and minds-synthetic-market-research-panels-3 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Crawlie has a quality signal of 53/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 115 GitHub stars. Minds: Synthetic Market Research Panels has 53/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 4 GitHub stars.