Overheid Nl vs Dryad — MCP Server Comparison | AllMCPs
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Overheid Nl vs Dryad
In-depth architectural comparison of the Overheid Nl and Dryad 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Overheid Nl
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 51/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Dryad
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 48/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Overheid Nl if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose Dryad if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with remote web transport. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Overheid Nl when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Search the data.overheid.nl catalogue of Dutch government open data (CKAN package_search). Returns matching datasets with titles/descriptions (mostly Dutch). Query may be Dutch or English; Dutch matches more.
dataset_details
Full dataset record by id or slug (CKAN package_show), including its resources. Each resource has a download "url" and "format" (CSV/JSON/etc.) — the portal is metadata-only, so fetch those URLs to get the actual data.
list_organizations
List publishing organizations (ministries/agencies/provinces) on data.overheid.nl (CKAN organization_list). Use an org "name" in search_datasets fq, e.g. "organization:<name>".
list_groups
List thematic groups/categories on data.overheid.nl (CKAN group_list). Note: this portal currently exposes no groups (returns an empty list) — prefer fq facets on search_datasets to narrow by theme.
Dryad Tools (2)
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).
Overheid Nl is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. In contrast, Dryad belongs to Developer Tools using remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. Select Overheid Nl when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and Dryad when you require tools for developer tools.
Search Dryad, a curated repository of open research datasets (mostly the data underlying published, peer-reviewed studies in any field of science). Full-text query over titles, abstracts, authors and keywords. Returns matching datasets with DOI, title, authors, truncated abstract, keywords, publica…
get_dataset
Fetch a single Dryad dataset by its DOI (e.g. "doi:10.5061/dryad.hx3ffbgjj" or "10.5061/dryad.hx3ffbgjj"). Returns full metadata — title, authors, abstract, keywords, publication date, field of science, license, version — plus a download URL for the dataset files. Keyless.