Forge vs Agent Swarm
A side-by-side look at the Forge and Agent Swarm MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Forge for coding agents work; choose Agent Swarm for coding agents over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Forge when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
Choose Agent Swarm when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Coding Agents domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
API_KEY.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Coding Agents | Coding Agents |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 34 | 906 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Forge | View Agent Swarm |
Tools & capabilities
Forge tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Agent Swarm 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.
Forge
No confirmed install command for Forge yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Agent Swarm
{
"mcpServers": {
"agent-swarm": {
"url": "https://api.desplega.agent-swarm.dev/p/e3473addceb348c0bed6cb93bd5aa532"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Forge is categorized under Coding Agents and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Agent Swarm belongs to Coding Agents and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Forge for coding agents work and Agent Swarm for coding agents.
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. Forge has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Forge is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Agent Swarm has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. 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 tt-wang-forge and agent-swarm as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Forge has a quality signal of 51/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 34 GitHub stars. Agent Swarm has 48/100 (Fair) with 2 views, 0 installs and 906 GitHub stars.