openclaw-mcp vs everything

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	openclaw-mcp by freema	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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openclaw-mcp · Summary

MCP server bridging Claude.ai with self-hosted OpenClaw assistant using OAuth2 authentication.

everything · Summary

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

openclaw-mcp · Use cases

Delegating tasks from Claude to self-hosted OpenClaw assistants
Creating AI assistants that orchestrate other AI assistants
Managing multiple OpenClaw instances for different environments (prod/staging/dev)

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

openclaw-mcp · Install

Installation

Docker (Recommended)

docker pull ghcr.io/freema/openclaw-mcp:latest

Create a docker-compose.yml with environment variables and start:

export MCP_CLIENT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
export OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=your-gateway-token
docker compose up -d

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openclaw": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["openclaw-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENCLAW_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:18789",
        "OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN": "your-gateway-token",
        "OPENCLAW_MODEL": "openclaw"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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