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houtini-lm
by houtini-ai
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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houtini-lm · Summary

MCP server that offloads bounded tasks from Claude Code to local/cloud LLMs to reduce token consumption.

everything · Summary

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

houtini-lm · Use cases

  • Offloading code review and test generation to local LLMs while Claude handles architectural planning
  • Using cloud APIs like DeepSeek for boilerplate code generation to save Claude's expensive tokens
  • Generating commit messages and documentation from diffs using cheaper local models

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

houtini-lm · Install

# For Claude Code
claude mcp add houtini-lm -- npx -y @houtini/lm

# For Claude Desktop
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "houtini-lm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@houtini/lm"],
      "env": {
        "HOUTINI_LM_ENDPOINT_URL": "http://localhost:1234"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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