A side-by-side look at the Health4ai and Vaultbeat Apple Health MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Health4ai for biology, medicine and bioinformatics work; choose Vaultbeat Apple Health for biology, medicine and bioinformatics as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_health_summary, get_sleep, get_hrv_trend.vaultbeat_doctor, get_strength_log, get_food_log.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 45/100 · Fair | 53/100 · Good |
| 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 | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 11 | 11 |
| Full listing | View Health4ai | View Vaultbeat Apple Health |
get_health_summaryOverview of key metrics for the past N daysget_sleepPer-night sleep breakdown with REM, Deep, Core stages. One source per night: Oura > Apple Watch > Whoop > Garmin > Withings > whichever other source (iPhone included) has the most stage recordsget_hrv_trendDaily HRV (SDNN) with rolling comparison and trendget_daily_snapshotEverything recorded for a specific dateget_workoutsRecent workouts with type, duration, distance, caloriesquery_metricRaw time-series for any HealthKit metric typeget_long_term_trendMonthly aggregates over years (raw + summary tiers)get_coaching_briefRecovery status, sleep quality (same one-source-per-night rule as `get_sleep`), training load, fitness markerssearch_recordsFind days where a metric crossed a thresholdget_metric_statsPersonal baseline: min/max/mean/percentilescompare_periodsCompare a metric between two date rangesvaultbeat_doctorDiagnose this install end to end, report which data types have no data and the likely reasons, and show the pairing state. The tool to call before telling anyone their data is missing.get_strength_logStrength sessions: exercises, sets × reps, volume per session.get_food_logMeals and items per day, with optional kcal / protein / fat / carbs. The 14 newest days that have a log by default (not a calendar fortnight), or a `since` / `until` window.get_workoutsWorkouts: type, duration, calories, distance.get_user_profileSex, age, date of birth and height. Needs Vaultbeat for iOS 1.2.9 or later.get_intradaySamples within a day, for HRV: one row per hour that has samples (`granularity="hourly"`) or one per sample (`"raw"`). About 8–14 rows a day; `limit` counts rows.log_food_appendAdd to a day. Cannot delete anything — the safe default when a day may already have entries.log_food_entryReplace that whole day** with what is passed, and report exactly what was removed.log_weight_entryRecord a weigh-in, keeping that day's body composition.log_symptomRecord one symptom the person reports, as structured fields a later read can match against sleep, food and heart rate.update_symptomChange a reported symptom (usually its end time), or erase one logged by mistake.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 Health4ai yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vaultbeat-apple-health": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vaultbeat-apple-health@latest"
]
}
}
}