Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison
Phone vs Poetrydb
In-depth architectural comparison of the Phone and Poetrydb 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
Phone
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 47/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Poetrydb
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 45/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Phone if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose Poetrydb 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 Phone 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).
- Primary tools included: validate_phone, country_calling_codes.
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Choose Poetrydb 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).
- Primary tools included: search_poems, get_poem_lines, random_poems.
Feature & Specification Comparison
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Phone Tools (2)
validate_phone
Validate & parse a phone number against the E.164 / ITU calling-code plan (keyless, offline). Detects the country, normalizes to E.164, and checks the national-number length is plausible. Pass an international number (e.g. "+33 1 23 45 67 89") OR a national number plus a `country` ISO code (e.g. ph…
country_calling_codes
Look up international calling (dialing) codes. With no args, lists all. Pass `query` to filter by country name, ISO code, or calling code (e.g. "germany", "DE", "49").
Poetrydb Tools (4)
search_poems
Search PoetryDB for poems by title or partial title (e.g., "The Road Not Taken"). Returns matching poems with full text, author, and line count. Note: searches titles only, not poem body text.
get_poem_lines
Full-text search within poem lines on PoetryDB — finds any poem containing the given phrase in one of its lines. Returns full poem text (capped). Keyless.
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).
Phone Configuration
Poetrydb Configuration