A side-by-side look at the Power Bi MCP and Microcharts MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Power Bi MCP for data visualization work; choose Microcharts for data visualization as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
find_microchart, get_microchart, render_microchart.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Data Visualization | Data Visualization |
| Quality signal | 43/100 · Fair | 68/100 · Great |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 199 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 3 |
| Full listing | View Power Bi MCP | View Microcharts |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
find_microchartRank microcharts chart types against a plain-language question about data ("is it trending?", "error budget", "part to whole"). Returns candidates with the reason each matched. Start here when you know the question, not the chart.get_microchartFull wiring detail for one chart by slug: import paths, its props plus the shared props, data shape, best/avoid guidance, a copy-runnable example, and `sample` — the example as JSON props you can pass straight to render_microchart.render_microchartRender a chart to a finished, self-contained SVG (styles embedded) plus its generated alt text — for surfaces that can't run React. Pass the series as `data`; put other props (value, target, curve, color, width) in `props`. Each chart takes its own data shape — get_microchart returns a valid `sample` to adapt.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 Power Bi MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"ganapativs-microcharts": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@microcharts/mcp"
]
}
}
}