A side-by-side look at the MCP Ecdsa and Ciphertrust Manager MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Ecdsa for cryptography work as a local process; choose Ciphertrust Manager MCP Server for cryptography. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
generate_key, sign_data, sign_digest.CIPHERTRUST_URL, CIPHERTRUST_USER, CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD, CIPHERTRUST_NOSSLVERIFY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Cryptography | Cryptography |
| Quality signal | 44/100 · Fair | 36/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | CIPHERTRUST_URLCIPHERTRUST_USERCIPHERTRUST_PASSWORDCIPHERTRUST_NOSSLVERIFY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 9 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 11 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MCP Ecdsa | View Ciphertrust Manager MCP Server |
generate_keyGenerate ECDSA key pairsign_dataSign data (with hashing)sign_digestSign pre-hashed digestverify_signatureVerify signature over dataverify_digest_signatureVerify signature over digestimport_private_keyImport from PEM/DER/base64import_public_keyImport from PEM/DER/base64export_private_keyExport to PEM/DER/base64/SSHexport_public_keyExport to PEM/DER/base64/SSHget_key_infoGet key informationrecover_public_keyRecover public keys from signatureNo 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": {
"mcp-ecdsa": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-ecdsa"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Ciphertrust Manager MCP Server yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
