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mcp-sse-proxy
by getsimpletool
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-sse-proxy · Summary

A Python proxy that bridges MCP STDIO communication with SSE protocol for web-based ClaudeAI clients.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-sse-proxy · Use cases

  • Enabling ClaudeAI Desktop to connect to MCP servers via web interfaces
  • Bridging local MCP tools with web-based AI applications
  • Converting legacy STDIO-based MCP servers to modern web-compatible protocols

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-sse-proxy · Install

pip3 install mcp-sse-proxy

# Or from source:
git clone <repository>
cd mcp-sse-proxy
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Claude Desktop Configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sse-proxy": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/mcp_sse_proxy.py",
        "--sse-url",
        "http://your-server:8000"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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