A side-by-side look at the Japan Jepx MCP and Skill of Skills MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Japan Jepx MCP for developer tools work; choose Skill of Skills for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_latest_spot_price, get_spot_price_by_day, get_spot_price_history.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | J Japan Jepx MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 45/100 · Fair | 51/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 64 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Japan Jepx MCP | View Skill of Skills |
get_latest_spot_priceLatest spot price for an area (default tokyo)get_spot_price_by_dayFull 48-period day curve + min/max/avgget_spot_price_historyDaily-average history (min/max/avg over window)get_cheapest_spotCheapest 30-min slots, or cheapest-area rankinglist_spot_areasArea catalogue + unit + latest dateNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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 Japan Jepx MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"skill-of-skills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pm-claude-skills"
]
}
}
}