A side-by-side look at the EngrAmo and Flashcards Open Source App MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose EngrAmo for education work over a hosted endpoint; choose Flashcards Open Source App for education over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
ENGRAMO_API_URL, ENGRAMO_API_TOKEN.get_server_version, list_catalogs, get_catalog.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | E EngrAmo | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Education | Education |
| Quality signal | 67/100 · Great | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | ENGRAMO_API_URLENGRAMO_API_TOKEN | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 99 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 27 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View EngrAmo | View Flashcards Open Source App |
get_server_versionGet this MCP server's own build version (not a catalog/card's `version` field)list_catalogsList all flashcard catalogsget_catalogGet a single catalog by IDupdate_catalogUpdate a catalog's name or descriptiondelete_catalogDelete a cataloglist_cardsList cards in a catalogget_cardGet a single card by IDupdate_cardUpdate a card's contentdelete_cardDelete a cardget_due_cardsGet cards due for review todayget_all_learning_cardsGet all cards in the learning queueadd_card_to_learningAdd a card to the learning queueNo 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": {
"engramo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@engramo/mcp"
],
"env": {
"ENGRAMO_API_URL": "YOUR_ENGRAMO_API_URL_HERE",
"ENGRAMO_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_ENGRAMO_API_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"flashcards-open-source-app": {
"url": "https://mcp.nibomo.com/mcp"
}
}
}