Selvedge vs Docguard

In-depth architectural comparison of the Selvedge and Docguard 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 Selvedge when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: log_change, diff, blame.

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Choose Docguard when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Five read-only MCP tools over stdio, Deterministic validation without LLM guessing, Stable codes for every finding.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Selvedge masondelan Developer Tools	Docguard raccioly Developer Tools
Summary	Change tracking for AI-era codebases. AI agents call it to log structured change events (entity + diff + reasoning) before the session ends, then query history with diff, blame, history, changeset, and search. Captures the intent that would otherwise evaporate.	Deterministic documentation-drift detection for AI agents. Validates a project's canonical docs against its actual code — no LLM guessing; every finding has a stable code and a suggested fix. Five read-only tools over stdio: guard, score, explain, verify-claims, diagnose. npx -y docguard-cli mcp
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": {
    "masondelan-selvedge": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "selvedge"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raccioly-docguard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "docguard-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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