compare_hiring_costs — Instead MCP Tool
compare_hiring_costs
(compare hiring costs) is one of 7 tools on the
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How to call compare_hiring_costs from your client
- Claude Code Instead compare_hiring_costs run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Instead compare_hiring_costs ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Instead compare_hiring_costs ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Instead compare_hiring_costs .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Instead compare_hiring_costs ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Instead compare_hiring_costs ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Instead compare_hiring_costs ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Instead compare_hiring_costs ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Instead compare_hiring_costs .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT Instead compare_hiring_costs Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai Instead compare_hiring_costs Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain Instead compare_hiring_costs pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
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