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code-to-tree
by micl2e2
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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code-to-tree · Summary

A runtime-free MCP server converting source code to AST using tree-sitter with minimal dependencies.

everything · Summary

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

code-to-tree · Use cases

  • Code analysis and refactoring by LLMs
  • Cross-language code structure comparison
  • Automated documentation generation from code structure

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

code-to-tree · Install

Installation

  1. Download the pre-built binary from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/micl2e2/code-to-tree/releases)
  1. Configure your MCP client (example for Claude Desktop):

**Windows:** ``json { "mcpServers": { "code-to-tree": { "command": "C:\\path\\to\\code-to-tree.exe" } } } ``

**macOS:** ``json { "mcpServers": { "code-to-tree": { "command": "/path/to/code-to-tree" } } } ``

  1. Restart your MCP client to apply the configuration

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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