railway-mcp vs everything

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	railway-mcp by jason-tan-swe	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsOps & InfraAI / LLM Tools	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	11 mo ago	this month

railway-mcp · Summary

A TypeScript MCP server for Railway.app that enables infrastructure management through natural language commands.

everything · Summary

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

railway-mcp · Use cases

Deploy and manage Railway services directly from AI assistants
Automate infrastructure configuration and variable management
Monitor deployments and access logs through natural language queries

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

railway-mcp · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
Railway account
Railway API token (create at https://railway.app/account/tokens)

Quick Start

**Using Smithery (recommended):**

npx -y @smithery/cli install @jason-tan-swe/railway-mcp --client claude

**Manual Installation for Claude Desktop:** Add to your config file (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "railway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@jasontanswe/railway-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAILWAY_API_TOKEN": "your-railway-api-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

**Manual Installation for Cursor:**

Go to Cursor settings > MCP section
Click 'Add new MCP server'
Name it 'railway-mcp'
Command: npx -y @jasontanswe/railway-mcp <RAILWAY_API_TOKEN>

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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