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roam-code
by Cranot
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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roam-code · Summary

A local codebase intelligence CLI and MCP server that analyzes code structures, dependencies, and patterns to provide actionable insights for developers and AI agents.

everything · Summary

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

roam-code · Use cases

  • Analyzing code changes before committing to identify potential issues
  • Retrieving relevant code snippets based on natural language queries
  • Ensuring code quality through automated refactoring safety checks
  • Detecting algorithmic inefficiencies that might pass tests but fail at scale

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

roam-code · Install

pip install roam-code
cd your-repo/
roam understand

For Claude Desktop, add this to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roam": {
      "command": "roam",
      "args": ["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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