MCP-Airflow-API vs everything

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	MCP-Airflow-API by call518	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Score	45	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsOps & InfraAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

MCP-Airflow-API · Summary

MCP server enabling natural language control of Apache Airflow workflows through Model Context Protocol.

everything · Summary

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

MCP-Airflow-API · Use cases

Airflow administrators managing DAGs and tasks through natural language commands
Operations teams monitoring workflow status and performance in large environments
Data engineers interacting with Airflow clusters using LLM assistants like Claude or GPT

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-Airflow-API · Install

Installation

Method 1: Direct Installation from PyPI

uvx --python 3.12 mcp-airflow-api

Method 2: Claude-Desktop MCP Client Integration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-airflow-api": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--python", "3.12", "mcp-airflow-api"],
      "env": {
        "AIRFLOW_API_VERSION": "v2",
        "AIRFLOW_API_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:8080/api",
        "AIRFLOW_API_USERNAME": "airflow",
        "AIRFLOW_API_PASSWORD": "airflow"
      }
    }
  }
}

Method 3: Docker Compose

git clone https://github.com/call518/MCP-Airflow-API.git
cd MCP-Airflow-API
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your Airflow API settings
docker-compose up -d

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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