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gen-ai-starter
by jbsoftware-io
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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gen-ai-starter · Summary

Generative AI starter with MCP integration for converting REST APIs to standardized tools.

everything · Summary

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

gen-ai-starter · Use cases

  • Building custom agentic LLM applications with RAG capabilities
  • Converting existing REST API services into MCP tools for AI agents
  • Developing and testing LLM applications with Streamlit web interface

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

gen-ai-starter · Install

Installation

  1. Prerequisites:

- Docker Engine (>= 12 GB memory or >= 8 GB with Ollama executable) - Optional: Brave Search API key for web search example

  1. Quick start with CPU:

``bash docker compose --profile=cpu up -d ``

  1. Access the applications:

- Streamlit App: http://localhost:8501/ - Open WebUI: http://localhost:3000/

  1. For MCP server generation:

``bash npm install -g openapi-mcp-generator openapi-mcp-generator --input path/to/openapi.json --output my-mcp-server --transport streamable-http ``

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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