A side-by-side look at the Dealroom and Common Paper MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Dealroom for legal work; choose Common Paper for legal over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
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Choose Dealroom when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
You have the keys it needs: DATABASE_URL, NEXTAUTH_SECRET, NEXTAUTH_URL, RESEND_API_KEY, EMAIL_FROM.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Common Paper tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from 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.
Dealroom
No confirmed install command for Dealroom yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Dealroom is categorized under Legal and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Common Paper belongs to Legal and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Dealroom for legal work and Common Paper for legal.
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. Dealroom has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Dealroom has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Common Paper 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 dealroom and common-paper-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Dealroom has a quality signal of 33/100 (Emerging) with 0 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Common Paper has 35/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.