A side-by-side look at the GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry and Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry for legal work; choose Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) for legal as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
CLV_API_URL, CLV_API_KEY.verify_license.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | G GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 37/100 · Fair | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | CLV_API_URLCLV_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 1 |
| Full listing | View GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry | View Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
verify_licenseVerify a single contractor license against the official state (or city) licensing portal.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 GreenLight Plug In Solar Law Registry yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"contractor-license-verification-tradesapi-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"contractor-license-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CLV_API_URL": "YOUR_CLV_API_URL_HERE",
"CLV_API_KEY": "YOUR_CLV_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}