A side-by-side look at the Openaffiliate MCP and PeekPanda MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Openaffiliate MCP for marketing work as a local process; choose PeekPanda for marketing. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
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| Spec | P PeekPanda | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 65/100 · Great | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | No auth required | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 117 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 1 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Openaffiliate MCP | View PeekPanda |
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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": {
"openaffiliate-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"openaffiliate-mcp"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for PeekPanda yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.