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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-identity
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everything · Summary

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

mcp-identity · Summary

MCP server middleware for per-request cryptographic user attestation with signature verification.

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-identity · Use cases

  • Financial operations where transaction authorization must be provable
  • Data deletion actions requiring audit trails
  • Autonomous agent actions taken on behalf of users

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

mcp-identity · Install

pip install mcp-identity

For Claude Desktop, add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "identity": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_identity.server"]
    }
  }
}
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