Human Survey vs Anytype MCP
A side-by-side look at the Human Survey and Anytype MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Human Survey for workplace & productivity work as a local process; choose Anytype MCP for workplace & productivity as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Human Survey when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Workplace & Productivity domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
HUMANSURVEY_API_KEY. - You want tools like
login, get_catalog, list_forms.
Choose Anytype MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Workplace & Productivity domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS. - You want tools like
Authorization, Anytype-Version, OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Workplace & Productivity | Workplace & Productivity |
| Quality signal | 60/100 · Good | 67/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | HUMANSURVEY_API_KEY | OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 534 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 10 | 11 |
| Full listing | View Human Survey | View Anytype MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Human Survey tools 10
loginSign in with an email address and store an API key on this machine. Called with only an email, it mails a six-digit code and returns nothing usable — the code has to come from the person, out of their inbox. Called with the email and that code, it stores a key at ~/.humansurvey/credentials and reports where it was written. The key itself is never printed. Signing in and signing up are the same act: an address that has never been used gets an account.get_catalogList the platforms HumanSurvey knows: the slug to use as catalog_slug, the display label, and which class of channel it is. These are the named channels a respondent can be shown — TikTok, ChatGPT, LinkedIn, Reddit and so on — plus the descriptive options that have no brand behind them, like "a friend or colleague told me". No API key needed.list_formsList the forms on this account: id, name, respondent URL, whether it is active or paused, whether it has been configured with questions yet, and how many responses it has collected.get_formRead one form: its settings, and the question configuration currently shown to respondents — every question, every candidate, and the order mode. Returns the configuration as JSON, because that is the exact shape a configuration write takes.create_formCreate a form and return its id, its respondent URL, and the iframe and postMessage listener to embed that URL in a host page. The form has no questions yet and shows nothing to respondents until it is configured. allowed_origins restricts which sites may embed it; leaving it empty allows any site, which means any site can spend this account’s response quota.configure_formSet the questions and candidates a form shows. Replaces the whole configuration and stores it as a new immutable version, so responses already collected keep describing the list they were actually shown. Re-sending an identical configuration reuses the existing version rather than making another. A form is one single-select question, optionally expanding into a second. Give a candidate an `expands` naming another question to reveal it when that candidate is picked — that is how "TikTok" becomes "which account". Candidate ids must be stable keys that survive a rename. Using a handle as an id splits that creator’s history in two the day they change it. Set catalog_slug to take a candidate’s label and logo from the platform catalog. Order defaults to "rotate", which randomizes per respondent and is what makes the reported shares unbiased; "fixed" keeps your order and accepts that earlier options get picked more often for being earlier.get_attributionWhat respondents said, aggregated. Reports, per question, how many completed responses named each candidate out of how many answered that question, the unresolved answers in the same list, how often a follow-up question failed to find an answer, and revenue where conversion events have been recorded. Computed fresh on every call, including any mappings made since — so a rollup of a past window can legitimately change between two reads.list_unresolvedThe answers respondents typed instead of picking from the list, grouped by the exact text and ordered by how often it was typed. Reports the spelling variants seen, when each was first and last typed, and whether a mapping already covers it. These are verbatim words. Two texts that read alike may be different people, and a text may name somebody who is not on the candidate list at all.remapRecord that a specific typed answer means a specific candidate. It applies to every response already carrying that text as well as every future one, so numbers reported for past windows change. The original text is never altered and a mapping can be revoked, but a report may already have been read. Only map a text whose meaning is established — a text that merely resembles a candidate’s name is not evidence that it is that candidate. One live mapping per text per question.revoke_remapStop a mapping from applying. The typed answers it covered return to the unresolved list — in past windows as well as future ones, because rollups join mappings when they are read rather than when they are made. Numbers already reported for those windows will therefore change. Nothing is deleted: the mapping is marked revoked and kept, so a report produced while it was live can still be explained. Revoking an already-revoked mapping is not an error and does not move the time it stopped applying. Mapping ids appear beside any text that is already mapped in the free-text listing, and in the confirmation given when a mapping is created.
Anytype MCP tools 11
AuthorizationAnytype-VersionOPENAPI_MCP_HEADERSexpected_etagIf-Matchrequest_metadatarequest_keyIdempotency-Keydry_runcreate_missing_optionsauth_whoami
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Human Survey
{
"mcpServers": {
"sunsiyuan-human-survey": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"humansurvey-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HUMANSURVEY_API_KEY": "YOUR_HUMANSURVEY_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Anytype MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"anytype-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@anyproto/anytype-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "YOUR_OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Human Survey is categorized under Workplace & Productivity and uses a local stdio subprocess. Anytype MCP belongs to Workplace & Productivity and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Human Survey for workplace & productivity work and Anytype MCP for workplace & productivity.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Human Survey has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Anytype MCP is listed as free. Auth: api key required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add sunsiyuan-human-survey and anytype-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Human Survey has a quality signal of 60/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Anytype MCP has 67/100 (Great) with 4 views, 0 installs and 534 GitHub stars.