A side-by-side look at the ShadowCrawl and Scrivener MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose ShadowCrawl for search & data extraction work over a hosted endpoint; choose Scrivener MCP for knowledge & memory as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
CORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECS, CORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECS_SCRAPE_URL, CORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECS_SEARCH_STRUCTURED, CORTEX_SCOUT_PORT, PORT, RUST_LOG.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Knowledge & Memory |
| Quality signal | 44/100 · Fair | 61/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | CORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECSCORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECS_SCRAPE_URLCORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECS_SEARCH_STRUCTUREDCORTEX_SCOUT_PORTPORTRUST_LOG | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 70 | 67 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 18 views 12 installs 6 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View ShadowCrawl | View Scrivener MCP |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No 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": {
"shadowcrawl": {
"url": "https://api.openai.com/v1"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"writerslogic-scrivener-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"scrivener-setup"
]
}
}
}
