Elucora Evidence API vs AnchorRegistry

A side-by-side look at the Elucora Evidence API and AnchorRegistry MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.

Elucora Evidence API logoElucora Evidence APICryptography · Remote HTTP/SSECapture a web source, or seal a hash you hold, into a signed receipt anyone can verify offline.48FairAuth: not declaredAnchorRegistry logoAnchorRegistryCryptography · Remote HTTP/SSEOn-chain provenance lookup for AnchorRegistry. Resolve AR-IDs, hashes, and full trees. Authless.47FairAuth: not declared

Verdict: choose Elucora Evidence API for cryptography work over a hosted endpoint; choose AnchorRegistry for cryptography over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.

Which MCP server should you choose?

Elucora Evidence API logoChoose Elucora Evidence API when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Cryptography domain.
  • You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
  • You want tools like elucora_verify, elucora_get_receipt, elucora_capture.
Explore Elucora Evidence API

AnchorRegistry logoChoose AnchorRegistry when

  • You need dedicated capabilities in the Cryptography domain.
  • You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
  • You want tools like ar_verify_arid, ar_verify_by_hash, ar_resolve_tree.
Explore AnchorRegistry

Feature & specification comparison

Rows where the two servers differ are marked.

SpecElucora Evidence API logoElucora Evidence APIAnchorRegistry logoAnchorRegistry
CategoryCryptographyCryptography
Quality signal48/100 · Fair47/100 · Fair
Install commandConfirmedConfirmed
TransportRemote HTTP/SSERemote HTTP/SSE
AuthNot declaredNot declared
PricingNot declaredNot declared
Required env varsNone listedNone listed
Verified ownerCommunity listingCommunity listing
GitHub stars00
Directory activity 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes
Tools43

Tools & capabilities

Elucora Evidence API tools 4

  • elucora_verifyChecks whether a receipt is genuine and unaltered, and what source bytes it covers.
  • elucora_get_receiptReads a receipt: source, sealed passage, signature status, Bitcoin anchor state.
  • elucora_captureFetches a public HTTP(S) source, preserves the original bytes, optionally pins an exact quote or JSON Pointer, and returns a signed receipt. Consumes quota and contacts the source.
  • elucora_attestSeals a SHA-256 hash the caller already holds, for content with no URL. Proves the content existed then and has not changed since — not where it came from. Consumes quota.

AnchorRegistry tools 3

  • ar_verify_aridResolve an AnchorRegistry AR-ID to its full provenance record. Use this when you encounter an SPDX-Anchor or DAPX-Anchor tag (e.g. in a README, paper, model card, or website) and need to confirm what the artifact is, who anchored it, when, what type it is, and whether the tree has been sealed, retracted, voided, or affirmed. Free, public, no auth required.
  • ar_verify_by_hashResolve an artifact by its SHA-256 manifest hash. Use this when you have the artifact itself but no AR-ID, and want to check whether it has been anchored. Returns the AR-ID and full provenance record if found, or a clear "not anchored" response otherwise.
  • ar_resolve_treeResolve the full provenance tree for an AR-ID. Returns every anchor in the tree (root + all descendants) with their relationships, types, manifest hashes, and timestamps. Use this when you need to understand a multi-artifact provenance chain — for example, a research paper anchored as the root with its training dataset and model weights as children.

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.

Elucora Evidence API

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elucora-evidence-api-2": {
      "url": "https://elucora.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

AnchorRegistry

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anchorregistry": {
      "url": "https://mcp.anchorregistry.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

Elucora Evidence API is categorized under Cryptography and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. AnchorRegistry belongs to Cryptography and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Elucora Evidence API for cryptography work and AnchorRegistry for cryptography.

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.

Elucora Evidence API has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. AnchorRegistry 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 elucora-evidence-api-2 and anchorregistry as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.

On AllMCPs, Elucora Evidence API has a quality signal of 48/100 (Fair) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. AnchorRegistry has 47/100 (Fair) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.