A side-by-side look at the FlowchartAI MCP and PaperBanana MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose FlowchartAI MCP for data visualization work; choose PaperBanana for data visualization as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
DATABASE_URL, BETTER_AUTH_SECRET, GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, OPENROUTER_API_KEY.OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, OPENAI_BASE_URL, GOOGLE_BASE_URL, GOOGLE_VLM_MODEL, GOOGLE_IMAGE_MODEL.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | F FlowchartAI MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Data Visualization | Data Visualization |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Paid service | Not declared |
| Required env vars | DATABASE_URLBETTER_AUTH_SECRETGOOGLE_CLIENT_IDGOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRETOPENROUTER_API_KEY | OPENAI_API_KEYGOOGLE_API_KEYOPENAI_BASE_URLGOOGLE_BASE_URLGOOGLE_VLM_MODELGOOGLE_IMAGE_MODEL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 44 | 2,390 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View FlowchartAI MCP | View PaperBanana |
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.
No confirmed install command for FlowchartAI MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"paperbanana": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"paperbanana"
],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "YOUR_OPENAI_BASE_URL_HERE",
"GOOGLE_BASE_URL": "YOUR_GOOGLE_BASE_URL_HERE",
"GOOGLE_VLM_MODEL": "YOUR_GOOGLE_VLM_MODEL_HERE",
"GOOGLE_IMAGE_MODEL": "YOUR_GOOGLE_IMAGE_MODEL_HERE"
}
}
}
}