Formasty vs Lumen
A side-by-side look at the Formasty and Lumen MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Formasty for education work over a hosted endpoint; choose Lumen for education. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Formasty when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Education domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Choose Lumen when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Education domain.
- You have the keys it needs:
LUMEN_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, DATABASE_URL.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Education | Education |
| Quality signal | 37/100 · Fair | 36/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | LUMEN_MCP_AUTH_TOKENDATABASE_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 89 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Formasty | View Lumen |
Tools & capabilities
Formasty tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Lumen tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
Formasty
{
"mcpServers": {
"formasty-2": {
"url": "https://app.formasty.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Lumen
No confirmed install command for Lumen yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Frequently asked questions
Formasty is categorized under Education and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Lumen belongs to Education and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick Formasty for education work and Lumen for education.
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. Lumen has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Formasty has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Lumen is bring-your-own-key: usage is billed by the API provider you supply a key for. 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 formasty-2 and lumen-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Formasty has a quality signal of 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Lumen has 36/100 (Fair) with 4 views, 0 installs and 89 GitHub stars.