balldontlie-mcp vs everything

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	balldontlie-mcp by mikechao	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

balldontlie-mcp · Summary

MCP server providing NBA, NFL, and MLB player, team, and game data via Balldontlie API.

everything · Summary

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

balldontlie-mcp · Use cases

Get today's basketball, football or baseball games and schedules
Search for specific players by name across major sports leagues
Generate interactive sports schedules for specific date ranges

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

balldontlie-mcp · Install

Installation

Getting an API Key

Sign up for account at [Balldontlie.io](https://www.balldontlie.io/)
The free plan is enough for this MCP Server

Installing via Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcp-servers": {
    "balldontlie": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "balldontlie-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BALLDONTLIE_API_KEY": "YOUR API KEY HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Installing using Desktop Extension (DXT)

Download the dxt file from the [Releases](https://github.com/mikechao/balldontlie-mcp/releases)
Open it with Claude Desktop or go to File -> Settings -> Extensions and drag the .DXT file to the window to install it

Installing via Smithery

To install balldontlie-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@mikechao/balldontlie-mcp):

npx -y @smithery/cli install @mikechao/balldontlie-mcp --client claude

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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