In-depth architectural comparison of the Apitier MCP Server and Seven Dpt MCP 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Apitier MCP Server
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 48/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Seven Dpt MCP
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 55/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Apitier MCP Server if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a local process. Choose Seven Dpt MCP if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Apitier MCP Server 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).
Full UK business onboarding check in one call.** Validates VAT, verifies Companies House, retrieves PSC (beneficial owners), and confirms the registered address. Returns `PASS / REVIEW / FAIL`, a risk score, and the full data bundle. Requires `postcode` + `vat` + `leadAgent` subscriptions.
verify_uk_address
Verify a UK address against Royal Mail PAF — returns canonical address, UPRN, UDPRN, and per-delivery-point geocode
lookup_uprn
Look up a full AddressBase record by UDPRN — returns UPRN, PAF canonical address, coordinates. Use UDPRN from `verify_uk_address
lookup_uk_postcode
UK postcode → full PAF address list + district, ward, county, country, and geocode
verify_uk_company
Look up a UK company on Companies House by name or number — status, address, SIC codes, filing health
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).
Apitier MCP Server is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Seven Dpt MCP belongs to Developer Tools using local stdio subprocess. Select Apitier MCP Server when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and Seven Dpt MCP when you require tools for developer tools.
Persons with Significant Control register for a UK company — required for AML beneficial ownership checks
validate_sort_code
Validate a UK sort code and optionally a bank account number (Vocalink modulus check). No API key required.
validate_vat
Validate UK and EU VAT numbers — checks HMRC for GB numbers, EU VIES for all other country prefixes. Returns registered business name and address. Accepts any country prefix (e.g. `GB123456789`, `DE123456789`, `FR12345678901`).
validate_email
Validate email — syntax, MX, SMTP reachability, disposable domain check. Works for any email address globally.
validate_phone
Validate and parse phone numbers — accepts any international format, returns country, carrier, and line type.
lookup_india_pincode
Indian PIN code → state / district / town
generate_barcode
Generate barcode image (Code128, EAN-13, UPC, and more)
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Seven Dpt MCP Tools (8)
add_problem
Add a long-running problem to your set (refused past the ~12 cap until you retire/merge something — or pass `overCap`)
update_problem
Edit, **retire**, **solve**, or reopen a problem. Closing takes a `resolution` — why, plus the re-open trigger; a merge is a retirement whose resolution names the absorber
list_problems
See your open problems
get_problem
One problem + every spark (idea, next step, outcome) — the memory
evoke
The loop.** Feed it a trick; returns your problems + a scaffold walking evocation → transcendence → approach
capture_spark
Persist a candidate idea + concrete next step against a problem (+ optional `costToOpen` — the forward effort estimate — `prior` — your stated p(works), immutable, for later calibration — and the claim-typing trio: `claimType` universal/existential-bounded, `forbids` — one observation the spark rul…
update_spark
Record a spark's outcome — status (tried/worked/failed), `cost` (actual effort spent), `value` (graded payoff, `0` for a miss). **Log failures too**; the zero-value outcomes are the signal a background-effort policy is learned from. Can backfill `claimType`/`forbids`/`exhaustion` while unset (write…
wake_status
Evaluate every parked problem/spark's `wakeCondition` right now — ripeness, progress, per-atom current/target echoes