A side-by-side look at the Hermes Plant — Agent Commerce Assurance and SCRIPTMASTERLABS — x402 Gateway MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Hermes Plant — Agent Commerce Assurance for finance & fintech work over a hosted endpoint; choose SCRIPTMASTERLABS — x402 Gateway for finance & fintech over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
hermesplant_x402_manifest, hermesplant_llms_catalog, hermesplant_api_catalog.sml_discover, sml_status, x402_contract.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S SCRIPTMASTERLABS — x402 Gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 76/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Verified |
| GitHub stars | 2 | — |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | 3 |
| Full listing | View Hermes Plant — Agent Commerce Assurance | View SCRIPTMASTERLABS — x402 Gateway |
hermesplant_x402_manifestFetch the live x402 manifest before paid calls.hermesplant_llms_catalogFetch the agent-readable `llms.txt` catalog.hermesplant_api_catalogFetch the machine-readable API catalog.hermesplant_mcp_server_cardFetch the hosted MCP server descriptor.hermesplant_list_hosted_toolsIntrospect the hosted Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint and list its advertised tools.sml_discoverFind the x402 Gateway contract and where to inspect fresh payment requirements. FREE.sml_statusCheck the public x402 Gateway identity and canonical payment rail. FREE.x402_contractInspect the canonical x402 payment contract. Returns network, USDC asset, payTo, headers, and the rule for resolving fresh target requirements. FREE.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": {
"hermes-plant-agent-commerce-assurance": {
"url": "https://hermesplant.com/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"scriptmasterlabs-x402-gateway": {
"url": "https://mcp-x402.onrender.com/mcp"
}
}
}