The Profound Agency vs Scrivener MCP
A side-by-side look at the The Profound Agency and Scrivener MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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The Profound AgencyMarketingSearch, price and order press placements across 1,600+ publications. Free AI-visibility audits too.48FairAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose The Profound Agency for marketing work; choose Scrivener MCP for knowledge & memory as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
TChoose The Profound Agency when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
search_placements, quote_placements, plan_placements.
Choose Scrivener MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T The Profound Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Knowledge & Memory |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 61/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 67 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 18 views 12 installs 6 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View The Profound Agency | View Scrivener MCP |
Tools & capabilities
The Profound Agency tools 6
search_placementsSearch the network by price, Domain Authority, Domain Rating, category, region, turnaround, Google indexing and AI-crawler readiness.quote_placementsPrice a set of placements exactly as checkout would, fees included. Returns a link that opens the store with those placements in the cart. Reserves nothing.plan_placementsGive it a goal, audience and budget; get back a recommended set of publications, already quoted and inside budget.submit_campaign_briefAsk for a quote on a paid media campaign (display, CTV, social, search, audio, out-of-home). A person prices it and replies. Buys nothing.quick_visibility_checkAn instant check of five AI-visibility basics for any site: AI crawlers in robots.txt, llms.txt, structured data, title and description.request_auditRequest the full, free AI-visibility audit, scored out of 100. A person runs it and replies by email.
Scrivener MCP tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
The Profound Agency
No confirmed install command for The Profound Agency yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Scrivener MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"writerslogic-scrivener-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"scrivener-setup"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
The Profound Agency is categorized under Marketing and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Scrivener MCP belongs to Knowledge & Memory and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick The Profound Agency for marketing work and Scrivener MCP for knowledge & memory.
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. The Profound Agency has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
The Profound Agency is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Scrivener MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth 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 the-profound-agency and writerslogic-scrivener-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, The Profound Agency has a quality signal of 48/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Scrivener MCP has 61/100 (Good) with 18 views, 12 installs and 67 GitHub stars.