What is the key difference between Agent Breadcrumbs and Health Export MCP?

Agent Breadcrumbs belongs to the Monitoring category with local stdio execution, while Health Export MCP belongs to the Monitoring category with local stdio execution.

How do I install Agent Breadcrumbs or Health Export MCP in Claude Desktop or Cursor?

Copy the mcpServers JSON configuration snippet provided on this page into your claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json file and restart your AI client.

Are Agent Breadcrumbs and Health Export MCP free or paid?

Agent Breadcrumbs operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required). Health Export MCP operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required).

Which MCP server has more tools and community activity?

Agent Breadcrumbs lists 1 tools with 1 views and 4 GitHub stars. Health Export MCP lists 14 tools with 4 views and 4 GitHub stars.

Can I use both Agent Breadcrumbs and Health Export MCP together in the same MCP host?

Yes! MCP hosts like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code support configuring multiple servers under the mcpServers object simultaneously.

Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison

Agent Breadcrumbs vs Health Export MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Agent Breadcrumbs and Health Export MCP 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

Agent Breadcrumbs

Monitoring · Local stdio

Quality: 57/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required

Health Export MCP

Monitoring · Local stdio

Quality: 65/100 (Great) | Auth: No auth required

Verdict Summary: Choose Agent Breadcrumbs if you need specialized Monitoring tools running via a local process. Choose Health Export MCP if your workspace requires Monitoring integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Agent Breadcrumbs when:

You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Primary tools included: log_work.

Explore Agent Breadcrumbs Details

Choose Health Export MCP when:

You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
You have access to required keys: HEALTH_DATA_DIR.
Primary tools included: get_mcp_status, list_metrics, get_health_metrics.

Explore Health Export MCP Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Agent Breadcrumbs ejcho623 Monitoring	Health Export MCP io.github.PhilipAD Monitoring
Summary	Unified agent work logging and observability across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Codex, and OpenClaw with config-first schemas and pluggable sinks.	Query 190 Apple Health metrics from any MCP agent — zero-dependency, read-only, local-first.
Category & Scope	Monitoring

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Agent Breadcrumbs Tools (1)

log_work

Log agent work. Call on meaningful progress/completion. Schema source=custom: persisted fields are defined by inputSchema.properties.log_record.properties. Sink=jsonl: persisted records are appended to /home/user/.agent-breadcrumbs/logs.jsonl.

Health Export MCP Tools (14)

get_mcp_status

Health check: data source, how many metrics/workouts are available, which optional context files exist, and the most recent data date. Call this first to confirm the bridge is connected.

list_metrics

List every available Apple Health metric with its unit, day count, and date range. Use this to discover metric names before querying.

get_health_metrics

Get values for a metric (or all metrics) over an optional date range, with an aggregate (avg/sum/min/max/latest). The core data-retrieval tool. Every result carries a `coverage` block giving the metric's real firstDate/lastDate/days: check it before trusting a long window, and note that `aggregate` is always computed over the full range even when `points` are rolled up. Single-metric answers also list any logged point events inside the window as segmentBoundaries.

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).

Agent Breadcrumbs Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ejcho623-agent-breadcrumbs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-breadcrumbs"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Health Export MCP Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-philipad-health-export-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "health-export-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HEALTH_DATA_DIR": "YOUR_HEALTH_DATA_DIR_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently Asked Questions

Agent Breadcrumbs is categorized under Monitoring and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Health Export MCP belongs to Monitoring using local stdio subprocess. Select Agent Breadcrumbs when you need capabilities focused on monitoring and Health Export MCP when you require tools for monitoring.

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