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melrose
by emicklei
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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melrose · Summary

Melrōse is an interactive programming tool for creating melodies that exposes music composition capabilities through MCP.

everything · Summary

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

melrose · Use cases

  • Composing melodies programmatically
  • Live music performance with real-time modifications
  • Creating MIDI tracks through code

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

melrose · Install

Install the Melrōse tool following the [Build instructions](docs/install.md). For the Melrōse MCP Server specifically, see [melrose-mcp](https://github.com/emicklei/melrose-mcp) for installation and usage details. To use with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "melrose": {
      "command": "melrose-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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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