Orthotomeo vs Brave Search MCP Server
A side-by-side look at the Orthotomeo and Brave Search MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Orthotomeo for spirituality & esoterica work over a hosted endpoint; choose Brave Search MCP Server for search & data extraction over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Orthotomeo when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Spirituality & Esoterica domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
attestation, cite, concord_lemma.
Choose Brave Search MCP Server when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
BRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORT. - You want tools like
query, country, search_lang.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 56/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | BRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORT |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1,522 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 12 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 12 | 54 |
| Full listing | View Orthotomeo | View Brave Search MCP Server |
Tools & capabilities
Orthotomeo tools 12
attestationReturns the WHNT-style Type/Editions manuscript-tradition columns as neutral text-critical data (e.g. Mark 16:9-20 = Type KO) - which editions carry a word, with no argument for or against a variant.citeRenders Citations (from any of the above tools) as quoted, fully-attributed Markdown bullets - the only sanctioned bridge from a query result to pastable study-document text.concord_lemmaComplete-or-fail concordance: every words row in corpus whose lemma, dStrong, or (with by="surface") exact inflected surface form matches query. Route lemma/Strong's-number/surface-word lookups here, never by writing SQL or guessing occurrences from memory. This deployment caps one concordance result at 2000 occurrences and refuses anything broader, reporting the exact match count in the error. Call count first when a query might be broad - count is never capped.concord_phraseComplete-or-fail multi-word concordance: every occurrence, within one verse, of tokens (lemma strings) appearing in order within window intervening words of each other (window=0 = strictly adjacent). This is the tool for a phrase query like εἰς ἄφεσιν. This deployment caps one concordance result at 2000 occurrences and refuses anything broader, reporting the exact match count in the error. Call count first when a query might be broad - count is never capped.countOccurrence tally (total + per-book breakdown) for the identical query concord_lemma would match. count.Total always equals len(concord_lemma(...)) - use this to sanity-check a concordance result, or when only the number matters.get_passageReturns get_verse's result for every canonical verse in a contiguous, single-book range, in order - verse boundaries preserved, never concatenated into one blob.get_verseReturns verbatim verse text with provenance for one canonical reference, one Citation per requested edition (KJV, ASV, WEB, BSB, Brenton).interlinearReturns a row-aligned reading view for every word in a verse (or one word, if word is given): original text, transliteration, gloss (via lexicon_lookup), grammar, and manuscript attestation stacked per word - the composed display shape for a study reading view, built on parse and lexicon_lookup rather than any new query. This is the most complete per-word view; use parse or attestation when you want only one of those facets.lemmatizeReturns the ordered lemma list for a verse (words with no lemma are omitted, not fabricated).lexicon_lookupResolves a disambiguated Strong's number (dStrong) to its lexicon entry: lemma, transliteration, gloss, and - for a Greek entry only - a fuller definition (Abbott-Smith 1922, Public Domain). A Hebrew entry's definition field is always omitted: it is abridged BDB via Online Bible, which requires permission not yet obtained, so only its gloss is ever returned. Not to be confused with the get_verse/get_passage tools, which resolve a Ref to translated verse text, not a dStrong to a dictionary entry.parseReturns dStrong + expanded morphology (via the T6 morph_codes table) for every word in a verse, or one word if word is given. LXX corpora (Swete, OSS-LXX-lemma) are always Flagged - neither carries morphology.resolve_refReports, for every per-verse content edition (KJV, ASV, WEB, BSB, Brenton, TAGNT, TAHOT, Swete, OSS-LXX-lemma), whether a canonical reference has a counterpart there and where. Cross-edition divergence (a T4b merge/renumber/divide, or a reference simply missing from an edition) is reported as Caveats - never a silent shift.
Brave Search MCP Server tools 54
querycountrysearch_langui_langcountoffsetsafesearchfreshnesstext_decorationsspellcheckresult_filtergoggles- +42 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Orthotomeo
{
"mcpServers": {
"orthotomeo": {
"url": "https://orthotomeo.app/mcp"
}
}
}
Brave Search MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-brave-search-mcp-server": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Orthotomeo is categorized under Spirituality & Esoterica and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Brave Search MCP Server belongs to Search & Data Extraction and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Orthotomeo for spirituality & esoterica work and Brave Search MCP Server for search & data extraction.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Orthotomeo has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Brave Search MCP Server is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add orthotomeo and brave-brave-search-mcp-server as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Orthotomeo has a quality signal of 55/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Brave Search MCP Server has 56/100 (Good) with 12 views, 0 installs and 1,522 GitHub stars.