In-depth architectural comparison of the Warcraft III Map Tools and Hub MCP 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Warcraft III Map Tools
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 45/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Hub MCP
Developer Tools · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 77/100 (Great) | Auth: API Key required
Verdict Summary: Choose Warcraft III Map Tools if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a local process. Choose Hub MCP if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with remote web transport. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Warcraft III Map Tools when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Read, audit and edit Warcraft III maps byte-faithfully
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Category & Scope
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Warcraft III Map Tools Tools (80)
asset_list
List the asset paths an icon or model object field can actually be set to, from the map's own imported files and from the base game.
audit_ability
Tells you, per ability, PASS or the exact broken link across a placed hero's whole runtime chain, far deeper than audit_hero, which only proves a cast...
audit_fidelity
Tells you whether a ported object's data came across faithfully, by comparing it and its whole custom-object dependency closure between the SOURCE map it...
audit_hero
Tells you whether a placed hero's abilities are actually wired up in the map's script, not merely present as object data.
audit_map
Behavioural audit of a map's object data, read-only.
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).
Warcraft III Map Tools is categorized under Developer Tools and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Hub MCP belongs to Developer Tools using remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. Select Warcraft III Map Tools when you need capabilities focused on developer tools and Hub MCP when you require tools for developer tools.
Tells you whether a placed hero's script would actually RUN correctly, not just fire, the gap audit_hero cannot see since it only proves a cast reaches a...
bundle_unit
Resolve everything a unit depends on, the porting preview.
camera_add
Add a camera at a target position and save the edited map to out_path.
camera_list
List the map's cameras (war3map.w3c).
camera_remove
Remove a camera and save the edited map to out_path.
camera_set
Set a field on a camera and save the edited map to out_path.
deprotect_map
Recover the file names a protected map stripped.
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