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stacklit
by glincker
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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stacklit · Summary

Stacklit provides an MCP server that scans codebases to generate compact indexes for AI coding assistants.

everything · Summary

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

stacklit · Use cases

  • Provide AI coding assistants with instant codebase context without overwhelming context windows
  • Automatically configure Claude Code, Cursor, and Aider with codebase indexes
  • Generate visual dependency maps and navigation aids for complex projects

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

stacklit · Install

Install Stacklit

npm install -g stacklit              # install globally
stacklit init                        # scan codebase
stacklit serve                       # start MCP server

Configure Claude Desktop with MCP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stacklit": {
      "command": "stacklit",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

Configure Claude Code:

stacklit setup claude                # updates CLAUDE.md + .mcp.json

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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