Grafema vs Constellation

In-depth architectural comparison of the Grafema and Constellation 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 Grafema when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Typed semantic graph indexing of codebases, 40+ MCP tools including find_nodes, find_calls, trace_dataflow, Support for call graphs, control flow, symbolic execution.

Explore Grafema Details

Choose Constellation when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: CONSTELLATION_ACCESS_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Local source-code parsing and analysis, Metadata-only uploads, Knowledge graph queries through MCP.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Grafema Disentinel Developer Tools	Constellation Developer Tools
Summary	Semantic code graph MCP server for AI coding agents. Indexes your codebase into a typed graph (functions/types/modules as nodes; CALLS/IMPORTS/DATAFLOW/EFFECTS as typed edges) and exposes 40+ tools for call-chain tracing, data-flow analysis, semantic search, and invariant checking — so agents navigate code structure instead of reading files line by line. npm install -g grafema	Code Intelligence Platform for AI Coding Assistants
Category & Scope	Developer Tools

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": {
    "disentinel-grafema": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "disentinel-grafema"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "constellation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@constellationdev/mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONSTELLATION_ACCESS_KEY": "YOUR_CONSTELLATION_ACCESS_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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