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everything
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agent · Summary

1MCP is a unified MCP runtime that aggregates multiple MCP servers into one, offering CLI mode for progressive tool discovery.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

agent · Use cases

  • Giving coding agents a stable runtime with a smaller working surface
  • Sharing the same MCP inventory across Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and internal tools
  • Exposing context-specific template servers per repository, branch, or session

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

agent · Install

Installation

  1. Install 1MCP globally:
npm install -g @1mcp/agent
  1. Add upstream MCP servers:
1mcp mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp
  1. Start the runtime:
1mcp serve

For Claude Desktop, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "1mcp": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:3050/mcp?app=claude-code"
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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