A side-by-side look at the MCP Analytics and Noisefloor — is this number real? MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Analytics for data science tools work as a local process; choose Noisefloor — is this number real? for data science tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
MCP_ANALYTICS_API_KEY.create_analysis, build_status, run_analysis.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Data Science Tools | Data Science Tools |
| Quality signal | 60/100 · Good | 40/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | MCP_ANALYTICS_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 7 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 18 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MCP Analytics | View Noisefloor — is this number real? |
create_analysisbuild_statusrun_analysisdiscover_toolsmodify_analysistools_schemadatasets_uploaddatasets_listconnectors_listconnectors_queryreports_viewreports_listNo 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": {
"embeddedlayers-mcp-analytics": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mcp-analytics/mcp-analytics"
],
"env": {
"MCP_ANALYTICS_API_KEY": "YOUR_MCP_ANALYTICS_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"noisefloor-is-this-number-real": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"noisefloor==0.4.0",
"noisefloor-mcp"
]
}
}
}