A side-by-side look at the Lyrics Ovh and WIA Music catalog MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Lyrics Ovh for art & culture work as a local process; choose WIA Music catalog for art & culture. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
lyrics, suggest.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | W WIA Music catalog | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Art & Culture | Art & Culture |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Lyrics Ovh | View WIA Music catalog |
lyricsExact-name lookup. Returns the lyrics text for an (artist, title) pair.suggestTitle/artist suggestions for a free-form query (results have track + artist info).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": {
"lyrics-ovh": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-lyrics-ovh"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for WIA Music catalog yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.