Maxpreps MCP vs Livetennisapi MCP
A side-by-side look at the Maxpreps MCP and Livetennisapi MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Maxpreps MCP for sports work as a local process; choose Livetennisapi MCP for sports as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Maxpreps MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Sports domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
maxpreps_search, maxpreps_get_school, maxpreps_list_teams.
Choose Livetennisapi MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Sports domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
LIVETENNISAPI_KEY. - You want tools like
get_live_matches, get_upcoming_matches, get_match.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sports | Sports |
| Quality signal | 61/100 · Good | 50/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | LIVETENNISAPI_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 152 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 5 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 15 | 24 |
| Full listing | View Maxpreps MCP | View Livetennisapi MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Maxpreps MCP tools 15
maxpreps_searchFind a high school or an athlete by name. This is the entry point for every other tool: it returns each school's canonicalUrl (the site path the team tools need) and each athlete's careerCanonicalUrl. Search is exact-ish — prefer the plain school name ("myers park"), because appending qualifiers like "high" or "high school" usually returns nothing. Read-only.maxpreps_get_schoolSchool profile: identifiers, location, state athletic association, partner flags, plus nearby schools and recent articles/videos. Take the path from maxpreps_search. Read-only.maxpreps_list_teamsEvery team path a school publishes, with sport, gender and level. Call this before any team tool — the sport path segments are not guessable (the default gender varies by sport, so girls golf is "golf/girls" while boys golf is "golf/spring", and field hockey has no gender segment at all). Passing a team path instead of a school path returns that team’s seasons. Read-only.maxpreps_get_teamTeam overview for one season: sport/level/season identifiers, the win-loss record and points for/against, conference standing, rankings, and the full list of seasons this team has on MaxPreps (roughly 20 years). Use it to confirm a record without summing a schedule. Read-only.maxpreps_get_scheduleEvery game for a team season, with the result and both scores. Scores are oriented team-vs-opponent (`teamScore`/`opponentScore`); the raw `resultString` MaxPreps renders is winner-first, so a loss reads "L 20-13" even when the team scored 13. Soft-deleted contests are hidden by default, matching the site. Before opening day a current season legitimately has no results — check a prior season. Also returns any playoff or championship tournaments the season fed into. Read-only.maxpreps_get_rosterPlayers on a team for one season: jersey, name, class year, positions, height and weight. Soft-deleted entries (duplicates and departed players the site hides) are excluded by default — a roster payload often carries substantially more rows than the page shows. Height and weight are null when the school did not publish them. Read-only.maxpreps_get_stat_leadersStatistical leaders for a team season — each entry names the athlete, the stat, its value and the athlete's career URL. Also returns the qualifying minimums and the stat refresh time. Coverage varies by sport and by how diligently the school reports; an empty result is normal, not an error. Read-only.maxpreps_get_athleteOne athlete’s career page: season history, sports played, and available data. Pass the `careerCanonicalUrl` from maxpreps_search verbatim — it carries the required `careerid` parameter, without which the page cannot be addressed. Read-only.maxpreps_get_rankingsRanked leaderboard of teams for a sport — nationally, or within one state. Each entry carries the rank, rating, overall record, movement, and a `teamPath` ready to pass to the other team tools, so this is the way to discover teams rather than look one up. Results are paginated 25 at a time. Omitting `season` uses the current one, which is empty before that sport is under way. Read-only.maxpreps_get_team_rankingsWhere a single team sits in each ranking MaxPreps publishes for it — typically national, state, state division/class, and metro area — along with the teams ranked immediately around it. Use this for "how good is this team"; use maxpreps_get_rankings to browse a whole leaderboard. Read-only.maxpreps_get_standingsThe standings table a team sits in — every team in the conference with its conference and overall records and placement, not just this team's own line (maxpreps_get_team gives that). Also returns the ranked statistical leaders MaxPreps highlights for the season. Read-only.maxpreps_list_stat_categoriesWhich statistical leaderboards exist for a sport, with the path to each one plus the national and in-scope averages and the games-played minimum. **Call this before maxpreps_get_stat_leaderboard** — the leaf path is not derivable from the stat name (Total TDs lives at `touchdowns/tot-tds`, Sacks at `sacks/tot-sacks`), so the path must come from here. Read-only.- +3 more on the listing page
Livetennisapi MCP tools 24
get_live_matchesList tennis matches currently in progress, with live scores. Covers ATP, WTA, Challenger, ITF and juniors. Use this for "what tennis is on right now". Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_upcoming_matchesList tennis matches scheduled to start soon, with players, tournament and start time. Use this for "who plays next" or to find a match id before it starts. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_matchFull detail for one match by id: players, score, surface, round and status. Includes market prices on PRO and model analysis on ULTRA. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_match_scoreCurrent score for one match — the fastest, lowest-latency read. Use this when you only need the score and already know the match id. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).search_playersSearch tennis players by name. Returns id, country, ranking and tour. Use the returned id with get_player. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_playerOne player's profile: ranking, country, handedness, date of birth and cached stats. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_fixturesUpcoming scheduled tennis fixtures, earliest first — the forward schedule, filterable by tour, player and date. Use this for "what is on this week". Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).search_tournamentsSearch the tournament catalogue — the stable id space that match objects carry as tournament_id. Returns surface, indoor, host city/country and category where curated. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_tournamentOne tournament by its stable id — the tournament_id carried on match objects. Name, tour, surface, indoor, plus host city/country and category where curated. Works on the FREE plan (no card needed).get_recent_resultsRecently completed tennis matches with final scores and winners. Filterable by tour, player, nationality and play date. Requires the BASIC plan or any History plan.search_archive_matchesSearch the results archive — completed-match RESULTS from 1968 through 2022: ATP and WTA, main draws, qualifying and the ITF/futures tiers. Winner/loser-shaped records with final score, seeds and ranks AT THE TIME of the match. Use this for historical questions ("Borg's Wimbledon finals"); the archive ends 2022-12-31 where our own results (get_recent_results) begin. Requires the BASIC plan or any History plan.get_archive_matchOne result from the results archive (1968–2022), with per-match serve statistics where the era recorded them — stats are null for most rows before 1991, honestly, never synthesised. Requires the BASIC plan or any History plan.- +12 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Maxpreps MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"maxpreps-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"maxpreps-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Livetennisapi MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"livetennisapi-livetennisapi-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"livetennisapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LIVETENNISAPI_KEY": "YOUR_LIVETENNISAPI_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Maxpreps MCP is categorized under Sports and uses a local stdio subprocess. Livetennisapi MCP belongs to Sports and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Maxpreps MCP for sports work and Livetennisapi MCP for sports.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Maxpreps MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Livetennisapi MCP is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add maxpreps-mcp and livetennisapi-livetennisapi-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Maxpreps MCP has a quality signal of 61/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Livetennisapi MCP has 50/100 (Good) with 5 views, 0 installs and 152 GitHub stars.