ollama-mcp-example vs everything

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	ollama-mcp-example by kirillsaidov	everything by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 18	★ 85,748
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Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOther	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	8 mo ago	this month

ollama-mcp-example · Summary

A beginner-friendly example demonstrating MCP server and client implementation with Ollama.

everything · Summary

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

ollama-mcp-example · Use cases

Learning MCP implementation from scratch
Understanding how MCP servers and clients interact
Creating reusable, model-agnostic tools for LLM applications

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

ollama-mcp-example · Install

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/kirillsaidov/ollama-mcp-example.git
cd ollama-mcp-example

Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:

python3 -m venv venv
./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the server and client:

# Start MCP server
./venv/bin/python mcp_server.py

# Run MCP client
./venv/bin/python mcp_client.py

For Claude Desktop integration, add this to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollama-mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["mcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "."
      }
    }
  }
}

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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