A side-by-side look at the MCP Happyhorse and Trident MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Happyhorse for multimedia process work as a local process; choose Trident MCP for multimedia process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN.happyhorse_generate_video, happyhorse_generate_video_from_image, happyhorse_generate_video_from_references.TRIPO_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M MCP Happyhorse | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN | TRIPO_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 5 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 26 views 10 installs 5 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MCP Happyhorse | View Trident MCP |
happyhorse_generate_videoGenerate a video from texthappyhorse_generate_video_from_imageAnimate one first-frame imagehappyhorse_generate_video_from_referencesGenerate from 1-9 reference imageshappyhorse_edit_videoEdit a source video with up to 5 referenceshappyhorse_get_taskQuery one taskhappyhorse_get_tasks_batchQuery multiple taskshappyhorse_list_modelsList valid models for each actionNo 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-happyhorse": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-happyhorse"
],
"env": {
"ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Trident MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.