In-depth architectural comparison of the Data Montgomery and NYC Open Data 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Data Montgomery
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 51/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
NYC Open Data
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 51/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Data Montgomery if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose NYC Open Data if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with remote web transport. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Data Montgomery when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
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montgomery_query
Run a raw SoQL query against any Montgomery County, MD open-data resource (data.montgomerycountymd.gov) by its Socrata id (8-char like "icn6-v9z3"). Full SoQL: where/select/group/order/limit/offset. Use montgomery_datasets to find a resource id, or montgomery_recent for the common ones.
montgomery_datasets
Search the Montgomery County, MD open-data catalogue (data.montgomerycountymd.gov) for datasets by keyword. Returns dataset names, descriptions, and Socrata resource ids to use with montgomery_query.
NYC Open Data Tools (3)
datasets
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).
Data Montgomery is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. In contrast, NYC Open Data belongs to Developer Tools using remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. Select Data Montgomery when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and NYC Open Data when you require tools for developer tools.
Search the NYC Open Data catalog of open datasets by keyword. Returns each dataset's resource_id, name, description, category and update date — pass the resource_id to query/metadata.
query
Run a Socrata SoQL query against a NYC Open Data dataset by resource_id (e.g. "8wbx-tsch"). Filter with where/select/group/order (SoQL clauses, without the leading $) plus limit/offset. Returns matching rows as JSON.
metadata
Get a NYC Open Data dataset's schema + metadata (columns, types, row count, category, last-updated) by resource_id, e.g. "8wbx-tsch".