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leanmcp-sdk
by LeanMCP
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
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leanmcp-sdk · Summary

Production-ready TypeScript SDK for building enterprise-grade MCP servers with authentication, multi-tenant support, and observability.

everything · Summary

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

leanmcp-sdk · Use cases

  • Building scalable agent platforms for enterprise customers
  • Creating multi-tenant SaaS AI applications with proper isolation
  • Developing customer-facing intelligent workflows with authentication

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

leanmcp-sdk · Install

# Install CLI globally
npm install -g @leanmcp/cli

# Create a new MCP server project
npx @leanmcp/cli create my-mcp-server
cd my-mcp-server
npm install

# Run the server
npm start

For Claude Desktop, add to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "leanmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@leanmcp/cli", "run"]
    }
  }
}

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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