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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
apitap
by n1byn1kt
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everything · Summary

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

apitap · Summary

ApiTap turns any website into an API through MCP server with pre-mapped endpoints and traffic capture.

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

apitap · Use cases

  • AI agents accessing websites through APIs instead of browser automation
  • Automating interactions with sites that lack public APIs but have internal ones
  • Reducing token costs when browsing the web through AI agents

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

apitap · Install

# Install globally
npm install -g @apitap/core

# Start the MCP server
apitap mcp

# For Claude Desktop, add to your MCP config:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apitap": {
      "command": "apitap",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

For capture and browse functionality, also install Playwright:

npx playwright install chromium
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