hayhooks vs everything

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	hayhooks by deepset-ai	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Score	48	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsProductivity	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

hayhooks · Summary

Hayhooks deploys Haystack pipelines as REST APIs and MCP tools for AI environments.

everything · Summary

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

hayhooks · Use cases

Deploying Haystack agents as MCP tools in AI development environments
Creating REST APIs from Haystack pipelines with minimal boilerplate
Building chat interfaces for document processing with RAG systems

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

hayhooks · Install

# Install Hayhooks
pip install hayhooks

# Start Hayhooks
hayhooks run

# Deploy a pipeline
hayhooks pipeline deploy-files -n my_agent ./my_agent_dir

For Claude Desktop integration, add to Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hayhooks": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "hayhooks", "run"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

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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