A side-by-side look at the Oura MCP and Slate MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Oura MCP for biology, medicine and bioinformatics work over a hosted endpoint; choose Slate for biology, medicine and bioinformatics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
OURA_CLIENT_ID, OURA_CLIENT_SECRET, OURA_REDIRECT_URI.oura_get_sleep, oura_get_sleep_detail, oura_get_readiness.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Slate | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | OURA_CLIENT_IDOURA_CLIENT_SECRETOURA_REDIRECT_URI | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | — |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 10 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Oura MCP | View Slate |
oura_get_sleep"How did I sleep this week?"oura_get_sleep_detail"When did I fall asleep? How much deep sleep? Night heart rate?"oura_get_readiness"Should I train today? Is my temperature elevated?"oura_get_activity"How many steps and calories yesterday?"oura_get_stress"How stressed was I on Monday?"oura_get_vitals"What's my SpO2, VO2 max, cardiovascular age?"oura_get_workouts"How was my run? Did I meditate this week?"oura_get_tags"Did coffee affect my sleep?" (reads tags you log in the Oura app)oura_get_heartrate"What was my pulse this afternoon?" (hourly aggregates)oura_get_profile"How charged is my ring?"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": {
"rajskij-oura-mcp": {
"url": "https://your-host/mcp/"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Slate yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.