Immigration Research vs Astrea (Aurum)

In-depth architectural comparison of the Immigration Research and Astrea (Aurum) MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Choose Immigration Research when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Astrea (Aurum) when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	I Immigration Research Legal	Astrea (Aurum) Legal
Summary	U.S. immigration law research: BIA/AAO/circuit cases, INA/CFR, USCIS policy, crimmigration.	Reporting and queries over Astrea (Aurum), Brazilian legal-practice software: cases per client, cale
Category & Scope	Legal	Legal
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "immigration-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "immigration-research"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "astrea-aurum": {
      "url": "https://api.mcp.ai/p_astrea"
    }
  }
}

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