symfony-mcp-server vs everything

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	symfony-mcp-server by klapaudius	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsCommunication	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Language	PHP	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

symfony-mcp-server · Summary

A Symfony package for building enterprise-grade MCP servers with real-time communication and AI agent capabilities.

everything · Summary

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

symfony-mcp-server · Use cases

Building intelligent code review agents that can analyze code for security vulnerabilities and performance issues
Creating data analysis agents that can process complex datasets and generate insights
Developing customer support agents with context-aware responses and personalized recommendations

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

symfony-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require klapaudius/symfony-mcp-server

Configure the bundle in your config/bundles.php:

return [
    // ...
    Klapaudius\SymfonyMcpServer\SymfonyMcpServerBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

Configure the MCP server in your config/packages/symfony_mcp_server.yaml:

symfony_mcp_server:
    transport: 'sse' # or 'streamable_http'
    tools:
        - App\Tools\IntelligentAnalyzer
        - App\Tools\CodeReviewAgent

Start the server:

php bin/console server:start

For Claude Desktop integration, add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "symfony-mcp": {
      "command": "php",
      "args": ["bin/console", "mcp:server"],
      "env": {
        "APP_ENV": "dev"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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