Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose My Painting Club — Painting Lessons 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).
- Primary tools included: search_painting_lessons.
Choose Claude Task Master when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
- You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
- You have access to required keys:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, MISTRAL_API_KEY, GROQ_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_API_KEY, XAI_API_KEY. - Primary tools included: Multi-provider AI support (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity, xAI), PRD parsing to generate tasks, Task expansion and management.