Offshore Leaks (ICIJ) vs Legion MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Offshore Leaks (ICIJ) and Legion 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.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Offshore Leaks (ICIJ) when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Databases domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Legion MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Databases domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: DB_TYPE, DB_CONFIG, DB_CONFIGS.
• Primary tools included: execute_query, execute_query_json, get_table_columns.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Offshore Leaks (ICIJ) Databases	Legion MCP TheRaLabs Databases
Summary	Checks whether a name appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks database (offshore structures), for complia	Universal database MCP server supporting multiple database types including PostgreSQL, Redshift, CockroachDB, MySQL, RDS MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, BigQuery, Oracle DB, and SQLite.
Category & Scope	Databases

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": {
    "offshore-leaks-icij": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "offshore-leaks-icij"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "theralabs-legion-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DB_TYPE": "YOUR_DB_TYPE_HERE",
        "DB_CONFIG": "YOUR_DB_CONFIG_HERE",
        "DB_CONFIGS": "YOUR_DB_CONFIGS_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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