AI Dev Analytics vs Spanlens

In-depth architectural comparison of the AI Dev Analytics and Spanlens 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?

Choose AI Dev Analytics when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: NODE_ENV.
• Primary tools included: One-stop governance skill to detect duplicate, conflicting, or obsolete AI rules, Layered decision memory with automatic loading in Claude Code, Local dashboard showing AI asset inventory including rules, skills, decisions, and plugins.

Explore AI Dev Analytics Details

Choose Spanlens when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: .

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	AI Dev Analytics LWTlong Monitoring	Spanlens spanlens Monitoring
Summary	An open-source observability layer for AI coding. Silently tracks dev tokens/time and auto-codifies AI deviations into persistent project rules.	Query your Spanlens LLM observability from any MCP client. 7 read tools for request logs, agent traces, cost stats, anomalies, model-savings, and per-user analytics across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini. Open source, self-hostable. npx -y @spanlens/mcp-server
Category & Scope

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": {
    "lwtlong-ai-dev-analytics": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aida"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NODE_ENV": "YOUR_NODE_ENV_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spanlens-spanlens-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@spanlens/cli"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPANLENS_API_KEY": "YOUR_SPANLENS_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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