A side-by-side look at the Wakelog and Claude Task Master MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Wakelog for developer tools work over a hosted endpoint; choose Claude Task Master for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
signup, list_projects, create_project.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY, XAI_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_API_KEY, MISTRAL_API_KEY, TASK_MASTER_TOOLS.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | W Wakelog | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 68/100 · Great | 61/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | ANTHROPIC_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEYGOOGLE_API_KEYPERPLEXITY_API_KEYXAI_API_KEYOPENROUTER_API_KEYMISTRAL_API_KEYTASK_MASTER_TOOLS |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 28,216 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 9 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Wakelog | View Claude Task Master |
signupCreate a free Wakelog account (no email, no CAPTCHA — agents welcome). Returns an api_token: configure it as `Authorization: Bearer <api_token>` on this MCP server to use the authenticated tools, and STORE the one-time recovery_key. Max 5 signups/hour per network.list_projectsList the changelog projects owned by the authenticated account. Requires auth.create_projectCreate a changelog project. Its public page will be at https://wakelog.wakelog.workers.dev/p/<slug> with RSS/JSON feeds, an embeddable widget, and a README badge. Requires auth.create_postPublish a changelog entry (or save a draft / schedule it). This is the core action: what you shipped, in markdown. Requires auth. Max 60 posts/hour.list_postsList the published entries of any public Wakelog project (newest first, up to 50). No auth needed.lint_changelogGrade a CHANGELOG.md against 12 best-practice checks (dates, ordering, vague titles, commit dumps, unflagged breaking changes...). Returns a grade A-F, score /100 and specific findings. No auth needed. Max 30 runs/hour.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": {
"wakelog": {
"url": "https://wakelog.wakelog.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"eyaltoledano-claude-task-master": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"task-master-ai"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY_HERE",
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY_HERE",
"XAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_XAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY_HERE",
"MISTRAL_API_KEY": "YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY_HERE",
"TASK_MASTER_TOOLS": "YOUR_TASK_MASTER_TOOLS_HERE"
}
}
}
}