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| Evidence field | Appwrite MCPShortlist candidate | Azure MCP ServerMCP100 Recommended |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | First-party MCP Appwrite · Publisher source ↗ | First-party MCP Microsoft · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented | Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented |
| Popularity evidence | ||
| GitHub stars | 73 GitHub stars · checked 2026-10-20 | Not documented |
| Package downloads / 30 days | 132,125 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-10-20 | 537,523 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-24T18:01:10.773000Z |
| Shared repository stars | Not documented | 3,708 Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-09-24T18:01:37.573000Z |
| Client coverage | ||
| Client coverage details | Not documented | Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
| Access and data | ||
| Authentication | Browser-based OAuth/consent flow; the user approves scopes and no API key needs to be copied into the MCP client. | The local server uses Azure's established authentication chain, commonly Azure CLI sign-in or other Microsoft identity credentials. No credential should be embedded in MCP JSON; use a dedicated least-privilege identity or subscription context. |
| Cost | Appwrite's reviewed MCP material says availability is tied to Pro/Max plans, while the broader Appwrite service has paid resource usage and overage pricing. | The MIT-licensed server has no separately documented MCP charge. Azure resources created or queried, network usage, logs, and the AI client remain subject to their normal plans and charges. |
| Permissions | The Appwrite MCP operates within the approved scopes/account. Appwrite notes that adding custom connectors on Team and Enterprise plans requires an organization Owner. | Tools invoke Azure operations using the current Azure authentication context, and Azure RBAC determines effective access. Depending on enabled services and roles, the server can read, create, update, or delete cloud resources and retrieve logs or configuration. |
| Data handling | Not documented in the reviewed sources. The reviewed Appwrite MCP README does not provide a clear MCP-specific retention/training statement. | Azure resource identifiers, configuration, logs, command inputs, and results may be returned to the MCP client. Microsoft documents optional usage telemetry that can be disabled with AZURE_MCP_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=false; normal Azure service requests remain visible to Azure. |
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| Risk context | Appwrite administrative/project APIs can touch users, application data, services and configuration. The consequence of a tool call depends on the OAuth scopes granted. | A broadly privileged Azure identity can make the agent an infrastructure administrator. Use a non-production subscription for evaluation, least-privilege RBAC, explicit subscription/resource-group targeting, telemetry choice, activity logs, budgets, and confirmation before every mutation. This review does not claim MCP100 execution testing. |
| Evidence date | ||
| Editorial review | 2026-10-19 | 2026-07-24 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-24T04:25:05.554391Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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