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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
tmux-mcp
by nickgnd
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Last committhis month3 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

tmux-mcp · Summary

A MCP server enabling Claude Desktop to interact with and control tmux terminal sessions.

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

tmux-mcp · Use cases

  • Automating terminal tasks through AI assistants
  • Monitoring and debugging long-running terminal processes
  • Creating tmux sessions programmatically 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

tmux-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Install Node.js if not already installed
  2. Install and configure tmux
  3. Add to Claude Desktop configuration:
"mcpServers": {
  "tmux": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "tmux-mcp"]
  }
}

Optionally specify shell type:

"mcpServers": {
  "tmux": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "tmux-mcp", "--shell-type=fish"]
  }
}
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