Sentinel vs SiteHealth MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Sentinel and SiteHealth MCP 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 Sentinel when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose SiteHealth MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Monitoring domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	S Sentinel Monitoring	SiteHealth MCP Monitoring
Summary	Uptime, SSL, DNS and domain monitoring you can talk to from Claude or any MCP client.	Full website health audit — SSL, DNS, DMARC/SPF/DKIM, performance, uptime, links
Category & Scope	Monitoring	Monitoring
Quality signal

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": {
    "sentinel-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sentinel-2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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