A side-by-side look at the Poetrydb and WIA Music catalog MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Poetrydb for art & culture work as a local process; choose WIA Music catalog for art & culture. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_poems, get_poem_lines, random_poems.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | W WIA Music catalog | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Art & Culture | Art & Culture |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Poetrydb | View WIA Music catalog |
search_poemsSearch 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_linesFull-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.random_poemsFetch one or more random public-domain poems from PoetryDB. Returns full poem text (capped). Keyless.list_authorsList all authors available in PoetryDB. Keyless.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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": {
"poetrydb": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-poetrydb"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for WIA Music catalog yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.