A side-by-side look at the Lurk and MCP Reddit Brand Presence Mapper MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Lurk for social media work as a local process; choose MCP Reddit Brand Presence Mapper for social media as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
lurk, lurk_info.APIFY_TOKEN.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Social Media | Social Media |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 43/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | APIFY_TOKEN |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Lurk | View MCP Reddit Brand Presence Mapper |
lurkRead threads, browse subreddits, search posts, view user activitylurk_infoGet subreddit metadata (subscribers, active users, description)No 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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"lurk": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"reddit-lurker"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-reddit-brand-presence-mapper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-reddit-brand-presence-mapper"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}