A side-by-side look at the Front MCP and Muro Live Chat & AI Support Inbox MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Front MCP for support & service management work as a local process; choose Muro Live Chat & AI Support Inbox for support & service management. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
FRONT_API_TOKEN, FRONT_MCP_AUTH_METHOD, FRONT_MCP_OAUTH_SECRET.accounts, analytics, channels.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M Muro Live Chat & AI Support Inbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Support & Service Management | Support & Service Management |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 38/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | FRONT_API_TOKENFRONT_MCP_AUTH_METHODFRONT_MCP_OAUTH_SECRET | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 26 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Front MCP | View Muro Live Chat & AI Support Inbox |
accountslist, get, create, update, delete, list_contacts, add_contact, remove_contactanalyticscreate_export, get_export, create_report, get_reportchannelslist, get, update, validate, create, list_for_teammate, list_for_teamcommentslist, get, create, update, list_mentions, replycontact_groupslist, create, delete, list_contacts, add_contacts, remove_contactscontact_listslist, create, delete, list_contacts, add_contacts, remove_contactscontact_noteslist, createcontactslist, get, create, update, delete, merge, list_conversations, add_handle, remove_handleconversationslist, get, search, create, update, delete, assign, list_events, list_followers, add_followers, remove_followers, list_inboxes, add_link, remove_links, list_messages, update_reminders, add_tag, remove_tagcustom_fieldslist_for_accounts, list_for_contacts, list_for_conversations, list_for_inboxes, list_for_links, list_for_teammatesdraftslist, create, create_reply, update, deleteeventslist, getNo 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": {
"front-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@houst-com/front-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRONT_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_FRONT_API_TOKEN_HERE",
"FRONT_MCP_AUTH_METHOD": "YOUR_FRONT_MCP_AUTH_METHOD_HERE",
"FRONT_MCP_OAUTH_SECRET": "YOUR_FRONT_MCP_OAUTH_SECRET_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Muro Live Chat & AI Support Inbox yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.