DecisionNode vs everything

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	DecisionNode by decisionnode	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

DecisionNode · Summary

DecisionNode is a CLI and local MCP server for structured memory storage with semantic search across multiple AI coding environments.

everything · Summary

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

DecisionNode · Use cases

Technical documentation and decision tracking in software development projects
Sharing best practices and architectural decisions across team members
AI assistant context enhancement by providing relevant technical decisions

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

DecisionNode · Install

npm install -g decisionnode
cd your-project
decide init      # creates project store
decide setup     # configure Gemini API key (free tier)

# Connect to Claude Code (run once)
claude mcp add decisionnode -s user decide-mcp

Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "decisionnode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["decisionnode", "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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