Criterion vs Wasilah
A side-by-side look at the Criterion and Wasilah MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Criterion for spirituality & esoterica work over a hosted endpoint; choose Wasilah for spirituality & esoterica over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Criterion when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Spirituality & Esoterica domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
POSTGRES_URL, XAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY.
Choose Wasilah when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Spirituality & Esoterica domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
get_prayer_times, get_next_prayer, get_qibla.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Spirituality & Esoterica |
| Quality signal | 43/100 · Fair | 44/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | POSTGRES_URLXAI_API_KEYGOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 20 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 5 |
| Full listing | View Criterion | View Wasilah |
Tools & capabilities
Criterion tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Wasilah tools 5
get_prayer_timesThe five daily prayers plus sunrise for a city or coordinates. Marks Dhuhr as Jumu'ah on Fridays.get_next_prayerThe next upcoming prayer and time remaining.get_qiblaCompass bearing to the Kaaba.get_hijri_dateIslamic date for a given Gregorian date (Umm al-Qura, with a tabular fallback).get_quran_audioA streaming full-surah recitation URL plus surah name and ayah count.
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.
Criterion
{
"mcpServers": {
"criterion": {
"url": "https://criterion.life/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Wasilah
{
"mcpServers": {
"wasilah": {
"url": "http://localhost:8787/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Criterion is categorized under Spirituality & Esoterica and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Wasilah belongs to Spirituality & Esoterica and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Criterion for spirituality & esoterica work and Wasilah for spirituality & esoterica.
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.
Criterion has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Wasilah 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 criterion and wasilah as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Criterion has a quality signal of 43/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 20 GitHub stars. Wasilah has 44/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.