MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers vs Sourced

In-depth architectural comparison of the MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers and Sourced 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 MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers 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 Sourced 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 MIAPI — Grounded Web Answers Developer Tools	Sourced Developer Tools
Summary	Web search and AI answers with real source citations and a confidence score.	Source code search for every package on PyPI and npm.
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": {
    "miapi-grounded-web-answers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "miapi-grounded-web-answers"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourced": {
      "url": "https://img.shields.io/badge/Website-sourced.dev-blue)](https://sourced.dev"
    }
  }
}

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