mcp-server-elasticsearch vs everything

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	mcp-server-elasticsearch by elastic	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-server-elasticsearch · Summary

Deprecated Elasticsearch MCP server for AI agents to query and analyze data.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-server-elasticsearch · Use cases

AI agents querying Elasticsearch data using natural language
Analysts extracting insights from Elasticsearch indices through AI assistants
Building custom AI applications that interact with Elasticsearch data

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

mcp-server-elasticsearch · Install

Installation

The Elasticsearch MCP Server is provided as a Docker container image available from AWS Marketplace.

stdio protocol

docker run -i --rm \
  -e ES_URL \
  -e ES_API_KEY \
  docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch \
  stdio

Claude Desktop configuration (stdio)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elasticsearch-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "-i", "--rm",
        "-e", "ES_URL",
        "-e", "ES_API_KEY",
        "docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ES_URL": "<elasticsearch-cluster-url>",
        "ES_API_KEY": "<elasticsearch-API-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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