Pm Claude Skills vs Zerno Lite
A side-by-side look at the Pm Claude Skills and Zerno Lite MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Pm Claude Skills for product management work as a local process; choose Zerno Lite for product management over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Pm Claude Skills when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Product Management domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
Choose Zerno Lite when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Product Management domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
zerno_get_project_brief, zerno_get_agent_context, zerno_list_tasks.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Product Management | Product Management |
| Quality signal | 40/100 · Fair | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1,482 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 8 |
| Full listing | View Pm Claude Skills | View Zerno Lite |
Tools & capabilities
Pm Claude Skills tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Zerno Lite tools 8
zerno_get_project_briefnozerno_get_agent_contextnozerno_list_tasksnozerno_get_tasknozerno_update_taskmutateszerno_submit_task_triagecreates proposalszerno_create_agent_intake_taskcreates a taskzerno_capture_session_eventcreates memory event
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.
Pm Claude Skills
{
"mcpServers": {
"pm-claude-skills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"-p",
"pm-claude-skills",
"pm-claude-skills-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Zerno Lite
{
"mcpServers": {
"zerno-lite": {
"url": "https://zerno.one/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Pm Claude Skills is categorized under Product Management and uses a local stdio subprocess. Zerno Lite belongs to Product Management and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Pm Claude Skills for product management work and Zerno Lite for product management.
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.
Pm Claude Skills has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: no auth required. Zerno Lite has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. 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 pm-claude-skills and zerno-lite as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Pm Claude Skills has a quality signal of 40/100 (Fair) with 4 views, 0 installs and 1,482 GitHub stars. Zerno Lite has 48/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.