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mcp-chat-studio
by JoeCastrom
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-chat-studio · Summary

A powerful MCP testing tool with multi-provider LLM support and modern UI for testing and debugging MCP servers.

everything · Summary

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

mcp-chat-studio · Use cases

  • MCP server developers testing their tools without manual clicking
  • AI app builders comparing different LLM providers on the same tasks
  • Enterprise teams sharing test scenarios and environments across the organization

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-chat-studio · Install

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/JoeCastrom/mcp-chat-studio.git && cd mcp-chat-studio && npm install

# Start (works with Ollama out of the box - no API keys needed!)
npm run dev

# Open http://localhost:3082 and start testing!

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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