A side-by-side look at the Health Hub MCP and Slate MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Health Hub MCP for biology, medicine and bioinformatics work over a hosted endpoint; choose Slate for biology, medicine and bioinformatics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
DEVICE_TOKEN, MCP_TOKEN.daily_summary, metric_series, sleep_detail.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Slate | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | DEVICE_TOKENMCP_TOKEN | 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 | 5 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Health Hub MCP | View Slate |
daily_summaryDaily health rollups: steps, distance, calories, sleep, HR, weightmetric_seriesTime series for any metric with day/week bucketingsleep_detailDetailed sleep sessions with stages (deep, REM, light, awake)get_sync_healthPer-type sync status: last event, coverage, gaps, errorsinspect_last_payloadRaw payload metadata and app diagnosticsNo 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": {
"health-hub-mcp": {
"url": "https://your-domain.example.com/mcp"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Slate yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.