A side-by-side look at the Airtable MCP Server and Mushi Mushi MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Airtable MCP Server for databases work as a local process; choose Mushi Mushi for databases as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AIRTABLE_API_KEY, MCP_TRANSPORT, PORT.baseId, tableId, maxRecords.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Databases | Databases |
| Quality signal | 65/100 · Great | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | API key required |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Freemium |
| Required env vars | AIRTABLE_API_KEYMCP_TRANSPORTPORT | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 456 | 3 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 23 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Airtable MCP Server | View Mushi Mushi |
baseIdtableIdmaxRecordsfilterByFormulasearchTermfieldIdsdetailLeveltableIdentifiersOnlyidentifiersOnlyfullrecordIdfieldsNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"domdomegg-airtable-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"airtable-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AIRTABLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_AIRTABLE_API_KEY_HERE",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT_HERE",
"PORT": "YOUR_PORT_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"kensaurus-mushi-mushi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mushi-mushi"
]
}
}
}