A side-by-side look at the Unesco Heritage MCP Server and Url MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Unesco Heritage MCP Server for art & culture work as a local process; choose Url for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
unesco_search_sites, unesco_get_site, unesco_search_intangible_heritage.parse_url, build_url, parse_query.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Art & Culture | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 9 | 3 |
| Full listing | View Unesco Heritage MCP Server | View Url |
unesco_search_sitesSearch World Heritage sites by keyword, country, category, region, criteria, inscription years, Danger-list or transboundary status, or distance from a pointunesco_get_siteFetch a site's full record: statement of Outstanding Universal Value, criteria with meanings, component parts, coordinates, and image creditunesco_search_intangible_heritageSearch the three intangible heritage lists by keyword, country, list, inscription years, multinational status, or linked World Heritage siteunesco_get_intangible_heritage_elementFetch an element's full record: description, list, countries, concept terms, linked sites, and image creditunesco_search_biosphere_reservesSearch biosphere reserves by keyword, country, region, MAB regional network, designation years, transboundary or SIDS status, or distance from a pointunesco_get_biosphere_reserveFetch a reserve's full record: ecological and socio-economic profile, zoned areas and population, review years, and coordinatesunesco_search_geoparksSearch UNESCO Global Geoparks by keyword, country, designation years, transnational status, or distance from a pointunesco_get_geoparkFetch a geopark's full record: introduction, description, account of sustaining local communities, recorded area and population, and coordinatesunesco_list_referenceDecode criteria, countries (name to ISO code), regions, intangible heritage lists, and MAB networks; report dataset coverage and data datesparse_urlParse a URL into its components (keyless, offline): protocol, host, hostname, port, path, query (as an object), fragment, origin, and any userinfo.build_urlBuild a URL string from components. Provide at least `hostname` (and optionally protocol, port, path, hash) plus a `query` object of key/value pairs.parse_queryParse a query string (with or without a leading "?") into an object; repeated keys become arrays.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": {
"unesco-heritage-mcp-server": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"@cyanheads/unesco-heritage-mcp-server@latest"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"url": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-url"
]
}
}
}