laravel-loop vs everything

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	laravel-loop by kirschbaum-development	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	PHP	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

laravel-loop · Summary

Laravel Loop is an MCP server connecting Laravel applications with AI assistants via tools for models, factories, and Stripe integration.

everything · Summary

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

laravel-loop · Use cases

Interact with Laravel models directly from AI assistants
Generate test data using Laravel factories through MCP clients
Perform Stripe payment operations from AI coding assistants

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

laravel-loop · Install

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require kirschbaum-development/laravel-loop

Publish configuration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="loop-config"

Configuration

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Kirschbaum\Loop\Facades\Loop;
use Kirschbaum\Loop\Toolkits;
use Kirschbaum\Loop\Tools;

Loop::toolkit(Kirschbaum\Loop\Filament\FilamentToolkit::make());

Connecting to MCP Server

STDIO Transport

Start the MCP server:

php artisan loop:mcp:start [--user-id=1 [--user-model=] [--auth-guard=] [--debug]]

Configure Claude Code:

claude mcp add laravel-loop-mcp php /your/full/path/to/laravel/artisan loop:mcp:start --user-id=1

JSON Configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laravel-loop-mcp": {
      "command": "php",
      "args": [
        "/your/full/path/to/laravel/artisan",
        "loop:mcp:start",
        "--user-id=1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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