A side-by-side look at the MCP Atlassian and Swifteq MCP Server for Zendesk MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Atlassian for support & service management work as a local process; choose Swifteq MCP Server for Zendesk for support & service management over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
JIRA_URL, JIRA_USERNAME, JIRA_API_TOKEN, JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN, CONFLUENCE_URL, CONFLUENCE_USERNAME, CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Swifteq MCP Server for Zendesk | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Support & Service Management | Support & Service Management |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | JIRA_URLJIRA_USERNAMEJIRA_API_TOKENJIRA_PERSONAL_TOKENCONFLUENCE_URLCONFLUENCE_USERNAMECONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 6,010 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MCP Atlassian | View Swifteq MCP Server for Zendesk |
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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": {
"sooperset-mcp-atlassian": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-atlassian"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_URL": "YOUR_JIRA_URL_HERE",
"JIRA_USERNAME": "YOUR_JIRA_USERNAME_HERE",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_API_TOKEN_HERE",
"JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN_HERE",
"CONFLUENCE_URL": "YOUR_CONFLUENCE_URL_HERE",
"CONFLUENCE_USERNAME": "YOUR_CONFLUENCE_USERNAME_HERE",
"CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"swifteq-mcp-server-for-zendesk": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"swifteq-mcp-server-for-zendesk"
]
}
}
}