Evc Team Relay MCP vs Hive

In-depth architectural comparison of the Evc Team Relay MCP and Hive 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.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Evc Team Relay MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: RELAY_CP_URL, RELAY_AGENT_KEY, RELAY_EMAIL, RELAY_PASSWORD.
• Primary tools included: read_document, write_document, delete_file.

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Choose Hive when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: vault_query, vault_search, vault_list.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Evc Team Relay MCP Knowledge & Memory	Hive mlorentedev Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Give AI agents read/write access to your Obsidian vault via MCP	On-demand Obsidian vault access via MCP. Adaptive context loading (67-82% token savings), full-text and ranked search, health checks, auto git commit, and worker delegation to cheaper models. 10 tools, works with any MCP client.
Category & Scope	Knowledge & Memory

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

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).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "evc-team-relay-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "evc-team-relay-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RELAY_CP_URL": "YOUR_RELAY_CP_URL_HERE",
        "RELAY_AGENT_KEY": "YOUR_RELAY_AGENT_KEY_HERE",
        "RELAY_EMAIL": "YOUR_RELAY_EMAIL_HERE",
        "RELAY_PASSWORD": "YOUR_RELAY_PASSWORD_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mlorentedev-hive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mlorentedev-hive"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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