A side-by-side look at the Grovs IO MCP and Kaminari Ad MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Grovs IO MCP for marketing work over a hosted endpoint; choose Kaminari Ad for marketing as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
PORT, GROVS_API_URL, PUBLIC_URL.get_status, get_usage, create_project.KAMINARI_AD_API_KEY.get_account, update_org, list_org_users.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | K Kaminari Ad | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | PORTGROVS_API_URLPUBLIC_URL | KAMINARI_AD_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 16 | 80 |
| Full listing | View Grovs IO MCP | View Kaminari Ad |
get_statusAccount info, instances, projects, and domainsget_usageUsage metrics and subscription status for an instancecreate_projectCreate a new instance with production and test projectscreate_linkCreate a deep link with metadata, tags, and custom dataget_linkGet full details of a link by pathupdate_linkUpdate a link's metadata, tags, or redirectsarchive_linkDeactivate a link (irreversible)search_linksSearch and list links with pagination and filtersget_analytics_overviewProject-level metrics: views, installs, opens, revenueget_link_analyticsPer-link daily metricsget_top_linksTop performing links ranked by viewscreate_campaignCreate a campaign to group related linksget_accountupdate_orglist_org_usersinvite_userupdate_user_roleremove_usertransfer_ownershiplist_org_rolescreate_custom_rolelist_account_labelsupdate_account_labelslist_api_keysPaste 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": {
"grovs-io-mcp": {
"url": "https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/grovs-io/mcp?style=flat-square&color=4F46E5"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"kaminari-ad": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kaminari-ad/mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAMINARI_AD_API_KEY": "YOUR_KAMINARI_AD_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}