mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai vs everything
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai by manulthanura | everything by modelcontextprotocol | |
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| Stars | ★ 1 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 31 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Toolseducation | Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last commit | 8 mo ago | this month |
mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai · Summary
Educational repository with MCP server examples and templates for building agentic AI capabilities.
everything · Summary
Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.
mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai · Use cases
- Learning MCP implementation through practical examples
- Building custom MCP servers for specific AI agent capabilities
- Creating tools for text analysis and documentation generation
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
mcp-hands-on-with-agentic-ai · Install
Installation
Each example folder contains its own README.md file with specific installation instructions. Generally, the process involves:
- Clone the repository to your computer
- Navigate to the specific example folder (e.g.,
mcp-server-examples/text-assist) - Follow the package installation instructions (npm install for TypeScript, pip install for Python)
- Run the server in development mode using the MCP Inspector
- Configure Claude Desktop or Cursor to use the MCP server
For Claude Desktop, you would typically need to add the server configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:
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