A side-by-side look at the Elimu MCP and Motley — NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Elimu MCP for education work as a local process; choose Motley — NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions for education over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M Motley — NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Education | Education |
| Quality signal | 40/100 · Fair | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Elimu MCP | View Motley — NYC Neighborhoods, Schools & Admissions |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No 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": {
"elimu-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"elimu-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"motley-nyc-neighborhoods-schools-admissions": {
"url": "https://motley.nyc/mcp"
}
}
}