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gdal-mcp
by JordanGunn
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
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gdal-mcp · Summary

GDAL MCP provides AI agents with geospatial analysis capabilities through reflection middleware that justifies methodological choices.

everything · Summary

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

gdal-mcp · Use cases

  • Reprojecting geospatial data with proper CRS selection and documented methodology
  • Performing multi-step geospatial analysis with cached reasoning for efficiency
  • Creating audit trails for geospatial operations to ensure methodological correctness

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

gdal-mcp · Install

Installation

Via uvx (Recommended)

# Run directly from PyPI
uvx --from gdal-mcp gdal --transport stdio

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdal-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "gdal-mcp", "gdal", "--transport", "stdio"],
      "env": {
        "GDAL_MCP_WORKSPACES": "/path/to/your/geospatial/data"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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