A side-by-side look at the India Tenders and Tender 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 Tender MCP for search & data extraction. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
central, cpse, defence.search_tenders, get_tender_detail.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | I India Tenders | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 43/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 14 | 2 |
| Full listing | View India Tenders | View Tender MCP |
centralcpsedefencemaharashtratamil-nadukeralawest-bengalrajasthandelhicoal-indiaioclpmgsysearch_tendersSearch active government tenders across UK Contracts Finder, EU TED, and US SAM.gov simultaneously. Returns normalised results with source_url and checked_at.get_tender_detailFull details for a specific tender — complete description, all deadlines, contact details, award criteria.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"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Tender MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.