A side-by-side look at the Notch and Tanvo MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Notch for multimedia process work over a hosted endpoint; choose Tanvo for multimedia process as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
find_apps, get_app, generate_from_app.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | N Notch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 45/100 · Fair | 56/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 0 |
| Directory activity | 26 views 12 installs 6 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 10 |
| Full listing | View Notch | View Tanvo |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
find_appsSearch the apps by what the user wants ("royal pet portrait", "fix an old photo")get_appAn app's inputs and looks, with example outputs, prompts and costgenerate_from_appRun an app's look on the user's photosgenerate_imageText to image, or edit / combine photosgenerate_videoText or image to video (returns an id; videos take minutes)generate_musicWrite a song: describe it, bring lyrics, or go instrumentalget_generationStatus and outputs of a run; can wait and save fileslist_modelsEvery model, its options and its credit costaccountFree tier or account, and the credits leftopen_in_tanvoA link that opens the app, look or studio ready to goPaste 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": {
"notch": {
"url": "https://app.usenotch.ai/mcp/setup"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tanvo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tanvo-mcp"
]
}
}
}