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glance
by DebugBase
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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Browser AutomationDeveloper Toolstesting
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glance · Summary

AI-powered browser automation MCP server for Claude Code with 30 tools for testing, screenshots, and interaction.

everything · Summary

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

glance · Use cases

  • Automated end-to-end testing of web applications
  • Visual regression testing and comparison
  • Browser interaction and UI validation from Claude Code
  • Debugging web applications by inspecting live pages
  • Accessibility testing with DOM snapshots

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

glance · Install

Install Glance MCP server:

npm install -g glance-mcp

Or add directly to Claude Code:

claude mcp add glance -- npx glance-mcp

Configure your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glance": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["glance-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "BROWSER_HEADLESS": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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