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boltmcp
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everything
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boltmcp · Summary

BoltMCP is an enterprise-grade platform for creating and managing custom MCP servers on-premises with OAuth 2 security.

everything · Summary

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

boltmcp · Use cases

  • Deploying MCP servers in enterprise environments with on-premises data
  • Creating custom tool integrations with multiple upstream APIs
  • Building secure MCP servers with OAuth 2 authentication

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

boltmcp · Install

Installation

Testing locally with Docker Compose

cd docker-compose
docker-compose up -d

Deploying to production with Helm

helm install boltmcp ./helm-chart

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "boltmcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-it", "boltmcp/server"]
    }
  }
}

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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