mcp-open-library vs everything

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	mcp-open-library by 8enSmith	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 71	★ 85,748
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Score	46	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

mcp-open-library · Summary

An MCP server providing book and author information search via Open Library API with comprehensive tools for AI assistants.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-open-library · Use cases

AI assistants providing book recommendations and author information
Research tools that need to access bibliographic data
Applications that display book covers and author photos

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

mcp-open-library · Install

Installing via Smithery

To install MCP Open Library for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@8enSmith/mcp-open-library):

npx -y @smithery/cli install @8enSmith/mcp-open-library --client claude

Manual Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/8enSmith/mcp-open-library.git
cd mcp-open-library

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-library": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp-open-library/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

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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