Liminary vs Goldhold

In-depth architectural comparison of the Liminary and Goldhold 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 Liminary when:

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

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Choose Goldhold when:

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

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	L Liminary Knowledge & Memory	Goldhold Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Your AI's memory for what you actually know: recall across your documents, notes, and meetings	Persistent memory for AI agents. Search, store, and recall across sessions.
Category & Scope	Knowledge & Memory	Knowledge & Memory
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": {
    "liminary": {
      "url": "https://liminary.io"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goldhold": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@goldhold/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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