MCP Bastion vs Truthroute

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Bastion and Truthroute 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?

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Choose MCP Bastion 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).

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Choose Truthroute 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).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	M MCP Bastion Developer Tools	Truthroute Developer Tools
Summary	Security middleware for MCP. Blocks prompt injection, PII leakage, and resource exhaustion.	Sends the same prompt to multiple LLM providers in parallel and returns a divergence score via MCP.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Quality signal

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": {
    "mcp-bastion-2": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-bastion-python"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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