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create-mcp-app
by boguan
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last commit13 mo agothis month

create-mcp-app · Summary

CLI tool for scaffolding MCP server applications with TypeScript support and modern development tooling.

everything · Summary

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

create-mcp-app · Use cases

  • Quickly start new MCP server development with proper TypeScript setup
  • Generate MCP client applications to connect to MCP servers
  • Standardize team development with pre-configured tooling and best practices

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

create-mcp-app · Install

To create a new MCP server application:

npx create-mcp-server-app@latest my-mcp-server

To create a new MCP client application:

npx create-mcp-client-app@latest my-mcp-client

For Claude Desktop, add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-mcp-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/your/server.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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