RelayPDF vs Roast My Design System

In-depth architectural comparison of the RelayPDF and Roast My Design System 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.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Choose RelayPDF when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: OAuth 2.0 (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Roast My Design System when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Deterministic repository scan, HTML audit report with file paths, 0–100 design-system score.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	R RelayPDF Developer Tools	Roast My Design System Developer Tools
Summary	RelayPDF is one API for documents, available to coding agents over MCP. It generates PDFs from HTML, URLs, Markdown, and templates, converts Office files, images, and email, and handles merge, split, fill, protect, and optimize. Extraction returns OCR text or JSON and makes scans searchable.	Audit your Design System and serve your Agent the rules that keep AI-written UI on-system.
Category & Scope	Developer Tools

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

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).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "relaypdf": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "relaypdf"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roast-my-design-system-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "roast-my-design-system@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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