A side-by-side look at the RaoMusic and Companies House MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose RaoMusic for developer tools work; choose Companies House for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
check_account, list_models, estimate_creditsCOMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | R RaoMusic | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 13 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View RaoMusic | View Companies House |
check_accountCredit balance, concurrency and API key limitslist_modelsEngines, versions, prices and parameter schemasestimate_creditsExact credit cost of a generationgenerate_musicStarts a song or sound effect generationget_generationStatus and audio links for a generationlist_songsYour recent songsNo 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.
No confirmed install command for RaoMusic yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"companies-house": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"companies-house-mcp"
],
"env": {
"COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY": "YOUR_COMPANIES_HOUSE_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}