cortex-scout vs everything

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	cortex-scout by cortex-works	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	Rust	TypeScript
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cortex-scout · Summary

Unified web extraction and stateful automation engine for AI agents with MCP integration.

everything · Summary

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

cortex-scout · Use cases

AI agents requiring token-efficient web retrieval with anti-bot handling
Automated testing workflows replacing heavy frameworks like Playwright
Research systems needing deep multi-hop search and extraction

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

cortex-scout · Install

Installation

Option A — Prebuilt binaries

Download the latest release assets from GitHub Releases:

cortex-scout-mcp — MCP stdio server (recommended for VS Code/Cursor/Claude Desktop)
cortex-scout — optional HTTP server

Option B — Build from source

Install protoc first, then:

git clone https://github.com/cortex-works/cortex-scout.git
cd cortex-scout
cargo build --release --manifest-path mcp-server/Cargo.toml --bin cortex-scout-mcp

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-scout": {
      "command": "env",
      "args": [
        "RUST_LOG=warn",
        "CORTEX_SCOUT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECS=90",
        "/path/to/cortex-scout-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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