A side-by-side look at the The Scribble Thing and Trident MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose The Scribble Thing for multimedia process work over a hosted endpoint; choose Trident MCP for multimedia process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_scribble_service_info, create_scribe_animation, get_scribe_animation.TRIPO_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 57/100 · Good | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | TRIPO_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 18 | 5 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 26 views 10 installs 5 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View The Scribble Thing | View Trident MCP |
get_scribble_service_infoGet current limits, terms, retention, pricing, and integration URLs.create_scribe_animationCreate an asynchronous animation from a base64-encoded line-art image.get_scribe_animationPoll one private animation until it completes or fails.get_scribe_animation_downloadCreate a short-lived download URL for a completed preview or clean video.redeem_scribe_unlock_codeConsume a user-supplied single-use code to unlock one clean video.delete_scribe_animationImmediately delete one animation session and all of its stored files.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": {
"the-scribble-thing": {
"url": "https://scribble.boringstuff.club/mcp"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Trident MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.