Embody vs everything

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	Embody by dylanroscover	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 102	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	47	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsMediaAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

Embody · Summary

MCP server for TouchDesigner that lets AI assistants build, wire, and debug networks with natural language commands.

everything · Summary

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

Embody · Use cases

AI-assisted visual programming in TouchDesigner without manual operator creation
Version control and branching of complex visual projects through diffable network files
Debugging TouchDesigner networks through natural language commands to AI assistants

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

Embody · Install

Installation

Download the Embody .tox from the [release page](https://github.com/dylanroscover/Embody/releases)
Drag it into your TouchDesigner project
Tag operators by selecting any COMP or DAT and pressing lctrl twice
Enable the Envoy MCP server by toggling the Envoyenable parameter on the Embody COMP

The server starts on localhost:9870 and auto-creates a .mcp.json in your repo root.

For Claude Code integration, the .mcp.json should look like:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "envoy": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:9870/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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