Cognigy AI MCP Management Server vs Upfirst

In-depth architectural comparison of the Cognigy AI MCP Management Server and Upfirst MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Cognigy AI MCP Management Server when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Conversational AI domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: COGNIGY_BASE_URL, COGNIGY_API_KEY, COGNIGY_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID.
• Primary tools included: limit, skip.

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Choose Upfirst when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Conversational AI domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Cognigy AI MCP Management Server TsvetanG2 Conversational AI	U Upfirst Conversational AI
Summary	Management and automation server for the Cognigy.AI conversational AI platform, exposing 132 tools across flows, agents, snapshots, NLU, functions, and deployment. Published to the official MCP Registry. npx mcp-cognigy	Upfirst is an AI receptionist for small businesses. It answers every call, takes messages, books appointments, transfers to the right person, and answers callers' questions about your business. This server puts that receptionist inside your AI client. Pull up the last week of calls, read the transcripts, and see where it fell short — then act on it without switching tabs: rewrite the greeting, add knowledge, create texting and transfer skills, restrict facts to business hours. Edits retrain the receptionist within minutes, so a fix you make in conversation lands on the next call. Account & agents — snapshot the whole account; read and update a receptionist's greeting, tone, speech rate, and call blocking Knowledge — read, add, edit, and delete the entries your receptionist answers from, with optional weekly schedules Skills — create and manage the actions it takes on a call: texting the caller, texting a scheduling link, transferring with fallback destinations Calls — filter and search call history, read AI summaries and captured data, pull full transcripts turn by turn Things to try "Review last week's calls and tell me what my receptionist couldn't answer." "Here's how my business runs — build the greeting, knowledge, and transfer rules to match." "This call went badly. Figure out why and fix the knowledge behind it." Connect over Streamable HTTP at https://mcp.upfirst.ai. Sign-in is OAuth 2.1 — no API keys to copy or store.

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tsvetang2-cognigy-ai-mcp-management-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "cognigy-ai-mcp-management-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COGNIGY_BASE_URL": "YOUR_COGNIGY_BASE_URL_HERE",
        "COGNIGY_API_KEY": "YOUR_COGNIGY_API_KEY_HERE",
        "COGNIGY_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID": "YOUR_COGNIGY_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "upfirst": {
      "url": "https://mcp.upfirst.ai"
    }
  }
}

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