A side-by-side look at the Notch and Vaultbeat Apple Health 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 Vaultbeat Apple Health for biology, medicine and bioinformatics as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
vaultbeat_doctor, get_strength_log, get_food_log.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | N Notch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 45/100 · Fair | 53/100 · 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 | — | 2 |
| Directory activity | 26 views 12 installs 6 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 11 |
| Full listing | View Notch | View Vaultbeat Apple Health |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
vaultbeat_doctorDiagnose this install end to end, report which data types have no data and the likely reasons, and show the pairing state. The tool to call before telling anyone their data is missing.get_strength_logStrength sessions: exercises, sets × reps, volume per session.get_food_logMeals and items per day, with optional kcal / protein / fat / carbs. The 14 newest days that have a log by default (not a calendar fortnight), or a `since` / `until` window.get_workoutsWorkouts: type, duration, calories, distance.get_user_profileSex, age, date of birth and height. Needs Vaultbeat for iOS 1.2.9 or later.get_intradaySamples within a day, for HRV: one row per hour that has samples (`granularity="hourly"`) or one per sample (`"raw"`). About 8–14 rows a day; `limit` counts rows.log_food_appendAdd to a day. Cannot delete anything — the safe default when a day may already have entries.log_food_entryReplace that whole day** with what is passed, and report exactly what was removed.log_weight_entryRecord a weigh-in, keeping that day's body composition.log_symptomRecord one symptom the person reports, as structured fields a later read can match against sleep, food and heart rate.update_symptomChange a reported symptom (usually its end time), or erase one logged by mistake.Paste 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": {
"vaultbeat-apple-health": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vaultbeat-apple-health@latest"
]
}
}
}