automcp vs everything

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	automcp by lirantal	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
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automcp · Summary

AutoMCP automatically detects your package.json dependencies and configures MCP servers for your coding agents.

everything · Summary

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

automcp · Use cases

Automatically setting up MCP servers for JavaScript/Node.js projects based on dependencies
Maintaining consistent MCP configurations across multiple projects in a team
Quickly experimenting with MCP servers for packages in a new project

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

automcp · Install

Installation

Run with npx (no install required):

npx automcp

Or add as a dev dependency:

npm add -D automcp

Usage

# Basic usage
npx automcp

# Preview changes
npx automcp --dry-run

# Include devDependencies
npx automcp --include-dev

# Target specific agent
npx automcp --agent cursor

Configuration

AutoMCP automatically detects agent configuration files:

Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json in project directory
VS Code: .vscode/mcp.json in project directory

The tool will add GitMCP servers to your existing configuration without overwriting existing entries.

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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