MCP Recipes vs Metabase

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Recipes and Metabase 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 Recipes 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: search_recipes, get_recipe, compare_recipes.

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Choose Metabase when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	M MCP Recipes Developer Tools	Metabase Developer Tools
Summary	Search Marmiton and the Wikibooks Cookbook at once, and scale quantities. No API key.	Lets AI clients search, explore, query, and visualize data in a Metabase instance.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
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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-recipes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-recipes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metabase": {
      "url": "https://www.metabase.com"
    }
  }
}

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