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cupertino
by mihaelamj
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsKnowledge Graph
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LanguageSwiftTypeScript
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cupertino · Summary

A Swift-based MCP server that indexes and serves Apple's developer documentation to AI agents.

everything · Summary

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

cupertino · Use cases

  • Enable AI assistants to access accurate Apple API documentation without hallucination
  • Provide offline development environment for iOS/macOS/Swift developers
  • Integrate Apple documentation search directly into AI-powered coding tools

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

cupertino · Install

Installation

**One-command install (recommended):**

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mihaelamj/cupertino/main/install.sh)

**With Homebrew:**

brew tap mihaelamj/tap
brew install cupertino
cupertino setup
cupertino serve

**Claude Desktop Configuration:** Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cupertino": {
      "command": "/usr/local/bin/cupertino",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

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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