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mcp-npm_docs-server
by bsmi021
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-npm_docs-server · Summary

MCP server for fetching NPM package metadata and documentation with local SQLite caching.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-npm_docs-server · Use cases

  • Documentation lookup for developers working with npm packages
  • Metadata retrieval for package analysis tools
  • Cached access to npm package information in offline environments

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-npm_docs-server · Install

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/bsmi021/mcp-npm_docs-server.git
cd mcp-npm_docs-server
  1. Install dependencies:
npm install
  1. Build the server:
npm run build
  1. Run the server:
node dist/server.js

Integration

Add to your MCP settings (e.g., Claude Desktop config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "npm-docs-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp-npm_docs-server/dist/server.js"],
      "env": {
        "NPM_CACHE_TTL": "86400",
        "NPM_CACHE_DB_PATH": "./dist/npm-docs-cache.db",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "info"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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