A side-by-side look at the India Tenders and Brave Search MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose India Tenders for search & data extraction work as a local process; choose Brave Search MCP for search & data extraction as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
central, cpse, defence.BRAVE_API_KEY.query, count.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | I India Tenders | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 59/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | BRAVE_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 127 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 14 | 2 |
| Full listing | View India Tenders | View Brave Search MCP |
centralcpsedefencemaharashtratamil-nadukeralawest-bengalrajasthandelhicoal-indiaioclpmgsyquery(string): The term to search for videoscount(number, optional): The number of videos to return (max 20, default 10)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": {
"india-tenders": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-india-tenders"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mikechao-brave-search-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"brave-search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}