A side-by-side look at the Frase SEO and The Mirror System — AI Citability MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Frase SEO for marketing work as a local process; choose The Mirror System — AI Citability for marketing. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
FRASE_API_KEY.list_sites, create_site, list_briefs.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T The Mirror System — AI Citability | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | FRASE_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 55 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Frase SEO | View The Mirror System — AI Citability |
list_sitesList all sites in your accountcreate_siteCreate a new site to tracklist_briefsList content briefs with optional status filtercreate_briefCreate a new brief (with optional auto-outline generation)get_briefGet brief details including outline and SERP dataget_brief_statusCheck brief generation progressexport_briefExport a brief in JSON or Markdown formatlist_contentList content items with optional status filterget_contentGet content details including full body textgenerate_contentGenerate content from a briefupdate_contentUpdate content title, body, status, or meta tagsdelete_contentDelete a content item (soft delete)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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"frase-seo-3": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@frase/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRASE_API_KEY": "YOUR_FRASE_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for The Mirror System — AI Citability yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.