Oz MCP Server vs Showagent

In-depth architectural comparison of the Oz MCP Server and Showagent 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?

Choose Oz MCP Server when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: oz_agent_run, oz_agent_run_cloud, oz_run_get.

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Choose Showagent when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Searches supported local coding-agent sessions, Reads transcript context over MCP stdio, Previews transferable and dropped session state.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Oz MCP Server sena-labs Coding Agents	Showagent Coding Agents
Summary	Bridges Warp's Oz coding agent to any IDE or MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex), plus native @oz in VS Code Copilot Chat. Independent project; uses only Warp's documented public interfaces. MIT.	Search, resume and convert AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Pi) over MCP.
Category & Scope	Coding Agents

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": {
    "sena-labs-oz-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sena-labs/oz-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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