A side-by-side look at the Saymaker MCP and StoryStudio MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Saymaker MCP for multimedia process work as a local process; choose StoryStudio for multimedia process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
SAYMAKER_API_KEY.list_models, generate_image, edit_image.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S StoryStudio | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | SAYMAKER_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Saymaker MCP | View StoryStudio |
list_modelsEvery image and video model, and the input each one takesgenerate_imageText to image, with aspect ratio and resolutionedit_imageChange one thing in a photo and keep the restgenerate_videoText to video, or animate a still you pass inget_taskPoll a run submitted with `wait: falseopen_in_saymakerThe URL to carry on in the browserNo 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": {
"saymaker-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"saymaker-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SAYMAKER_API_KEY": "YOUR_SAYMAKER_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for StoryStudio yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.