A side-by-side look at the Tanvo and Notch MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Tanvo for multimedia process work as a local process; choose Notch for multimedia process over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
find_apps, get_app, generate_from_app.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | N Notch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 45/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 26 views 12 installs 6 upvotes |
| Tools | 10 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Tanvo | View Notch |
find_appsSearch the apps by what the user wants ("royal pet portrait", "fix an old photo")get_appAn app's inputs and looks, with example outputs, prompts and costgenerate_from_appRun an app's look on the user's photosgenerate_imageText to image, or edit / combine photosgenerate_videoText or image to video (returns an id; videos take minutes)generate_musicWrite a song: describe it, bring lyrics, or go instrumentalget_generationStatus and outputs of a run; can wait and save fileslist_modelsEvery model, its options and its credit costaccountFree tier or account, and the credits leftopen_in_tanvoA link that opens the app, look or studio ready to goNo 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": {
"tanvo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tanvo-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"notch": {
"url": "https://app.usenotch.ai/mcp/setup"
}
}
}