laravel-mcp-companion vs everything

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	laravel-mcp-companion by brianirish	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

laravel-mcp-companion · Summary

An MCP server providing comprehensive Laravel documentation aggregation and navigation with multi-version support, learning paths, and package discovery.

everything · Summary

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

laravel-mcp-companion · Use cases

Learning Laravel with structured documentation paths by skill level
Finding the right Laravel packages for specific functionality needs
Accessing up-to-date documentation offline during development
Cross-referencing documentation across Laravel core and packages

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

laravel-mcp-companion · Install

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop Settings

- Click Claude menu → Settings → Developer → Edit Config

Add to your configuration file:

``json { "mcpServers": { "laravel-mcp-companion": { "command": "docker", "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "ghcr.io/brianirish/laravel-mcp-companion:latest"] } } } ``

Restart Claude Desktop for changes to take effect

Claude Code

Use the claude mcp add command:

# Add with Docker
claude mcp add laravel-mcp-companion -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/brianirish/laravel-mcp-companion:latest

# Or add to project-specific config
claude mcp add laravel-mcp-companion --scope project -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/brianirish/laravel-mcp-companion:latest

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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